Genetic fallacy again: yoga for toddlers

Another example of the genetic fallacy in relation to things tarred with the new age brush.

“Any alternative philosophies or beliefs are offering a sham - and at St James’s Church we want people to have the real thing. Yoga has its roots in Hinduism, and attempts to use exercises and relaxation techniques to put a person into a calm frame of mind - in touch with some kind of impersonal spiritual reality."

I've actually blogged about this kind of thing before. In relation explicitly to yoga (do read the comments too), and this one in raising an oft-related issue, and in relation to acupuncture, it's a shame that it is hindering mission.
Vicars ban ‘un-Christian’ yoga for toddlers:

Yoga Is A Possible Treatment For Depression

"According to the researchers, yoga has shown promise in improving symptoms associated with depression, anxiety and epilepsy. 'Our findings clearly demonstrate that in experienced yoga practitioners, brain GABA levels increase after a session of yoga,'"
What we need now, of course, is an explanatory hypothesis. I suspect that endorphins are involved. Culturally, this plays into the 'spiritual practice is good for you' thing and links to wholistic mind-body-spirit perspectives very readily. As Christians, again, we should note this, promote the more 'hebraic' anti-gnostic perspectives within the DNA of the Church and make positive links to body prayer. This is about plausibility as well as building potential ways-in for enquirers.
ScienceDaily: Yoga Is A Possible Treatment For Depression: