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A toddler group has been thrown out of a church hall because its yoga lessons are considered un-Christian.

Teacher Louise Woodcock, 41, was told her classes would affect children's spiritual life.

She was also warned that it was unlikely that any Christian organisation would host them, reports the Daily Mirror.

Mum-of-one Louise said: "It's crazy. It is kids pretending to be animals and doing exercise to rhymes. There is nothing that could damage their minds.

"Yoga is non-religious and has been around for thousands of years. My 22-month-old Summer loves it."

After being rejected in June by the Silver Street Baptist church in Taunton, Somerset, Louise's Yum Yum Yoga classes were also turned away by a C of E church.

Rev Simon Farrar, the minister at Silver Street, said: "When we let rooms to people they must be fully in line with our Christian ethos.

"Yoga impinges on the spiritual life in a way we don't believe is the same as our ethos. She has called it yoga and therefore there is a dividing line we are not prepared to cross."

Qualified yoga teacher Louise has now found a hall to hold her music and movement classes.