i do yoga three times a week.
[{"role": "system", "content": "Yoga as exercise is a modern exercise practice influenced by hatha yoga. It involves holding stretches as a kind of low-impact physical exercise, and is often used for therapeutic purposes. Yoga in this sense often occurs in a class and may involve meditation, imagery, breath work and music. Yoga has roots in India. The foundational text for yoga is the \"Yoga Sutras of Patanjali\". Yoga came to the attention of the western public in the mid 19th century along with other topics of Hindu philosophy. The first Hindu teacher to actively advocate and disseminate aspects of yoga to a western audience was Swami Vivekananda, who toured Europe and the United States in the 1890s. Nearly all types of hatha yoga practices include asana, pranayama and savasana. The physical asanas of hatha yoga have a tradition that goes back to at least the 15th century, but they were not widely practiced in India prior to the early 20th century. A hatha \"yoga boom\" occurred in the 1980s, as unconnected to a religious denomination. Since then, hatha yoga has been used as a supplementary exercise practice. The more classical approaches of hatha yoga, such as iyengar yoga, move at a more deliberate pace, emphasize proper alignment and execution and hold asanas for a longer time.\n"}, {"role": "user", "content": "So I have been roped into doing yoga for the first time.  Do you know much about yoga?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Sure it is a group of mental, physical, and spiritual practices originating in India."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Does it really have any health benefits or is that just a bunch of hippie talk?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Many people use yoga as a supplementary exercise practice. I don't think it can hurt to try."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I have heard of hot yoga, but do not really know what that is.  Is it a specialized version of regular yoga?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "It is yoga that is practiced in hot and humid conditions."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I see.  Sounds like even less fun than the normal yoga.  But I guess if it works for Monks, it can work for me"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "The origins of yoga date to ancient Indian traditions in the 5th and 6th centuries BCE."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Man, that is way back.  I guess a lot of people have found it useful over the years"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "True and the classical approaches such as iyengar yoga emphasize proper alignment and execution."}]