Mmm. Possibly. I myself wouldn't recommend it, but you may find something new inside yourself that relates to animating. Who knows.....

Rather than pay money for something I could probably do alone by myself, I would observe people. In Maya, you are not the character you create. You view everything in am omni-third person way. Grab an icecream if your not lactose intollerant, sit down on a bench at a mall, and watch people in stores and as they walk by. Sounds almost creepy I know, but you can learn so much by simply observing how the human body and mind works.