I actually prefer Yoga for Dummies because it has better step-by-step instructions and photos. This one uses drawings, so it's hard to tell what your body is supposed to look like, and the instructions aren't quite as clear as Yoga for Dummies. HOWEVER, there is a lot of valuable info in this book, and it contains some poses I enjoy that are not in my other yoga books. Lots of good stuff on breathwork and so on.