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by fernly 2165 days ago
Some vocabulary info would help. As a beginner, words like "hatha" and "ashtanga" mean nothing, so hard to select.
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lsllc 2165 days ago
As a 15+ year Yogi (who practices regularly, well at least until C19!) I've never heard of these either!

According to Wikipedia:

  * Hatha is seems to be a branch of Yoga (Hatha apparently means "force")
  * Ashtanga is another type of Yoga brought to the modern world by Sri K. Pattabhi Jois and involves synchronizing breath with a series of positions.
Interesting ... I'll have to look into them!
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dve 2164 days ago
Yes, thats a fair point, I will add something to help explain each. To be honest I had never heard of Hatha until I started building this, but as I aggregated the data it is a keyword that came up quite a lot. Thanks for the feedback!
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