0_Apprentice
Yoga is such a great exercise for the body. Do you?
1_Wizard
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.
0_Apprentice
That's true. I feel like it has become more popular in the West, recently
1_Wizard
The most well known it seems are Hatha yoga and Raja yoga.  Do you know what kind you practice?
0_Apprentice
I do not really practice any, but do my own types of stretches
1_Wizard
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.
0_Apprentice
Wow that's such a long time! A classic tradition
1_Wizard
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
0_Apprentice
That's a pretty long time. I didn't realize it took that long