# The video categories I've found most helpful as a beginner

**URL:** <https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/the-video-categories-ive-found-most-helpful-as-a-beginner/13251>\
**Category:** Beginners\
**Created:** [October 6, 2026, 8:28pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/the-video-categories-ive-found-most-helpful-as-a-beginner/13251 "2026-10-06T20:28:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![abitgrey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6bbea6/32.png) [@abitgrey](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/abitgrey)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 8:28pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/the-video-categories-ive-found-most-helpful-as-a-beginner/13251/1 "2026-10-06T20:28:51Z")

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Hey everyone!

I quickly fell in love with bonsai after being introduced at a casual “build a bonsai” class this year and was pointed to Mirai by the teacher for further studying. After watching some of the public free videos I signed up and started devouring all the videos I could get my hands on. While it took some time to get used to the structure of the library (there are so many videos and categories!) I found the following video series especially helpful for newbies and figured I should share the route I found most helpful to help others lost in the massive back catalog of content.

1. The Beginner Series (Library → Filter → Content Type → Beginner Bonsai → Beginner Series)
2. The Beginner Fundamentals Series (Library → Filter → Content Type → Beginner Bonsai → Beginner Fundamentals)
3. The Mirai Defining Concepts (Library → Filter → Content Type → Education → Mirai Defining Concepts)

If you have other content you feel was helpful to you please let me know!

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**Author:** ![Cullen.Hoglund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@Cullen.Hoglund](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/Cullen.Hoglund)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2026, 1:43am UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/the-video-categories-ive-found-most-helpful-as-a-beginner/13251/2 "2026-10-07T01:43:43Z")

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Howdy,

Great post and very helpful for beginners on the site! It took me a while to find the nuances of the library (I was never clever enough to explore the “Content Type” tab).

Any and every repot video you find time to watch/rewatch will pay dividends.

Cheers!

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**Author:** ![StephenV](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.bonsaimirai.com/stephenv/32/44146_2.png) [@StephenV](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/StephenV)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2026, 2:32am UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/the-video-categories-ive-found-most-helpful-as-a-beginner/13251/3 "2026-10-07T02:32:53Z")

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Not sure of how to filter, but I really got a lot out of the lecture series videos. Really great information and things to think about.

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**Author:** ![llamaX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecae2f/32.png) [@llamaX](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/llamaX)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2026, 2:44am UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/the-video-categories-ive-found-most-helpful-as-a-beginner/13251/4 "2026-10-07T02:44:22Z")

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100% agree with the lectures - Design and the Growth Management across multiple times of year.

I kinda miss that format 🙂 Always wanting more.

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**Author:** ![abitgrey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6bbea6/32.png) [@abitgrey](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/abitgrey)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2026, 10:24pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/the-video-categories-ive-found-most-helpful-as-a-beginner/13251/5 "2026-10-09T22:24:11Z")

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Hey Stephen!  
On the library page: [https://live.bonsaimirai.com/library](https://live.bonsaimirai.com/library) you can click on the filter bar at the top and it will show a sidebar with filters you can choose from 🙂

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