Yoga is such a great exercise for the body. Do you?
No I don't, but I do not that there is a wide variety of yoga schools, practices and goals in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism.
That's true. I feel like it has become more popular in the West, recently
The most well known it seems are Hatha yoga and Raja yoga.  Do you know what kind you practice?
I do not really practice any, but do my own types of stretches
Oh, I see!  It seems that yoga developed around the 5th and 6th centuries BCE - so it's been around for a very very long time.
Wow that's such a long time! A classic tradition
Exactly!  And then the yoga gurus from India introduced it to the West in the late 19th and 20th century, so fairly recent in the grand scheme of things in the US
That's a pretty long time. I didn't realize it took that long
Well, I guess it may have taken awhile to come over because it's more than just physical exercise, there is also a meditative and spiritual core to it, so maybe it took longer to accept in the west