The most common excuses for people not starting yoga classes seem to be:- " I have never done it before" " I am too stiff / too unfit " " I wouldn't know what to do" When I started with my friend we were very very bad at yoga. We couldn't even stay quiet in the class - we laughed a giggled like school girls and we were over 40 yrs old! We were both shocked at how "bad our bodies were" as most poses didn't look that hard.. I mean what can be so hard about standing on one leg..