I am fairly new to this too, 7 months in. I was in pretty good shape when I started and was looking for something different than what I had been doing for years so I thought I’d give it a try. Wow was I surprised at how difficult it is. I tried to keep cost down too and just used Youtube videos to help me learn it. I was making little progress. Then I happened to go into a studio during one of my business trips and they recommend Veena. I love it and and it really increased my progress doing it in the right steps. This is hard work and takes time and definitely patience. All those that have been doing it for years make it look SOOOOO easy!