I havn't done any 'real' exercise for a fair few years as my children are 4 and 2 and I'm usually knackered - so I thought I'd try and get back into shape using a DVD at home, nice and gentle. This DVD is excellent for relaxing back into a fitness programme. Not too hard, a little exerting in the middle, calm and helping to release stress at the end. It does not jump throughout the DVD as one other reviewer said, only at the very end when you are lying down and relaxing, suddenly she's sitting up and finishing. I think that is where you can pause the DVD and lay as long as you want to before you finish. This could be made clearer. Make sure you roll onto your side to push to the sitting position. Other than that, I thought it was great. The instructor is american. I did not find her accent irritating but quite soothing and the music is calm.