Health & Medicine

How Does it Work?

Truth, Compassion, Tolerance

Falun Dafa is a mind body practice that sets Truth, Compassion, and Tolerance as its highest ideal. Falun Dafa practitioners use this as the guiding principle in everything they do, and it completely transforms their life, from selfish to selfless.

By practicing the exercises, studying the teachings (the Fa), and by increasing our character and "heart nature", we can ascend to a higher level of thinking where other people become more important than ourselves. The physical changes and the changes to the mind combine, and transform the practitioner's very nature into a purer state of being.

Anybody can learn the practice, and it is not difficult to understand the basics, but true mastery is a definite challenge, because it is a mastery of the self.

Falun Dafa Exercises and The Benefits to your Health

The physical benefits of Falun Dafa can be gained in part by practicing these 5 exercises.

The five exercises of Falun Dafa are gentle, slow, and easy to learn. You can read through this page to get a general overview of each exercise, watch the videos, then click on the links below to see more detailed instructions.

The practice was introduced by Teacher Li Hongzhi into China in 1992, and from there it spread to the rest of the world and grew.

Of course, an easier way to learn is to get a FREE lesson at your local practice site. No appointments are necessary... just show up and learn! To find a practice site near you, check out Falun Dafa in your area.

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The practice will always remain free. There are no memberships, no registration roster, no soliciting, evangelizing, or promulgation of any type. The practice is completely voluntary, and the reason it has spread so far and wide is simply because it works, and practitioners have passed it on by word of mouth.

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Falun Dafa practitioners are happy to answer any questions you may have, and you can make contact with a local practitioner by following this link.

If you're not able to make it to them, they can walk, drive, or fly to your home... at no expense to you!

Falun Dafa Exercises Introduction

An introduction video featured on the Exercise DVD

This video shows a selection of people from different ages, genders, and races, all practicing Falun Dafa. There are no requirements for practicing Falun Dafa, and anyone can do it. Plus it's free.

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Falun Gong Exercise 1

Buddha Showing a Thousand Hands

This first exercise is designed to open up all the energy channels in the body, and is a foundational exercise used to create a strong energy field and clear out any blocks.

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Exercise Instruction on Video These are video clips from the Falun Dafa Exercise Instruction video. Each one provides video of Mr. Li performing an exercise with accompanying instructions in English.

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Falun Gong Exercise 2

Falun Standing Stance

The second exercise is a tranquil standing stance exercise, like meditation, that strengthens the body and the mind.

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Exercise Instruction on Video These are video clips from the Falun Dafa Exercise Instruction video. Each one provides video of Mr. Li performing an exercise with accompanying instructions in English.

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Falun Gong Exercise 3

Penetrating the Two Cosmic Extremes

A third standing stance exercise that projects energy out of the body, purifies it, and brings the energy back into the body, purifying it.

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Exercise Instruction on Video These are video clips from the Falun Dafa Exercise Instruction video. Each one provides video of Mr. Li performing an exercise with accompanying instructions in English.

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Falun Gong Exercise 4

Falun Heavenly Circulation

An intermediate exercise, practicing this exercise allows the entire body to open up, and all of the energy channels gradually connect via the rotation of Falun.

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Exercise Instruction on Video These are video clips from the Falun Dafa Exercise Instruction video. Each one provides video of Mr. Li performing an exercise with accompanying instructions in English.

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Falun Gong Exercise 5

Strengthening Divine Power

A seated meditation exercise that brings the energy inside of the body to the hands and main passages, and strengthens supernatural powers and energy potency.

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Exercise Instruction on Video These are video clips from the Falun Dafa Exercise Instruction video. Each one provides video of Mr. Li performing an exercise with accompanying instructions in English.

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Life and Hope Renewed

True stories of Health and Regeneration

The amazing stories in this book are first-hand accounts of people from all walks of life who recovered from serious, or in many cases, terminal diseases through practicing Falun Dafa.

Falun Dafa, also known as Falun Gong, is practiced by millions of people around the world. You may have read about it in the news, or perhaps come across Falun Dafa practitioners at a parade or some other civic event. It's also common to see a group of practitioners gathered in a park doing the gentle, slow moving exercises or sitting with their legs crossed in meditation.

Most people who practice the exercises daily and follow the teachings of Falun Dafa report improvements in their health. Often, these improvements are subtle, involving such things as relief from stress, better sleep, a "lighter" and more energetic feeling, and happier moods. Many others, though, such as those whose stories are compiled in this book, report dramatic health improvements, including the disappearance of life-threatening diseases.

The book can be purchased or downloaded for free.

Hearts and Minds Uplifted

A new Book About the Health Benefits of Falun Dafa Practice

This is a collection of personal accounts by those who practice Falun Dafa (a.k.a. Falun Gong), a Chinese meditation and self-improvement discipline banned in China but practiced in over 60 other countries. It seeks to answer questions such as: What is Falun Gong, and why did it become so popular in just a few years? Is it only for Chinese people or can those from other cultures benefit from it as well?

In the process of telling their stories, the authors in this volume also provide insight into the nature of Falun Gong and its powerful ability to uplift the hearts and minds of people everywhere.

The editors of the Clearwisdom.net website believe that the best way to answer questions about the practice and to give the world an accurate picture of Falun Gong is to let the practitioners describe in their own words just how this wonderful practice has improved their lives.

A previously published collection of short articles, Life and Hope Renewed--The Healing Power of Falun Dafa, described the profound health benefits of Falun Dafa. This companion volume focuses on another important aspect of people's lives: the tremendous personal growth that can be achieved by cultivating one's character through practicing Falun Gong.

About the editors:
Clearwisdom.net is the primary source of information about the practice of Falun Gong and the persecution of Falun Gong in China, reporting on timely news and events happening inside China as well as in the more than 70 countries around the world where Falun Gong is practiced. Clearwisdom.net also publishes the experiences and understandings of practitioners themselves, who submit the majority of the articles.

The book can be purchased or downloaded for free.

Falun Gong Calms Your Heart

Practicing can reduce irregular heartbeats, anxiety, and depression

Cultivation methods such as Tai Ji, Qi Gong, Yoga, and Falun Gong have long been known to reduce stress, but did you know that they also calm the heart, and can help make irregular heartbeats return to normal?

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Irregular rythms are brought back to normal

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Heart beats per minute is brought down through repeated practice

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This Practice Increases Energy and Clarity of the Mind

Studies have shown that through repeated practice the benefits become greater.

The "Heart-Brain Entrainment Ratio" increases by almost 50% after 8 practice sessions. In other words, your mind will become increasingly clear.

Kirlian photography before and after practice shows that practitioners of Falun Gong have noticeably more energy emanating from their fingers after the practice. Practitioners often speak of increased energy and being less tired.

When combined with a clear mind they become more productive, and in upholding Truth, Compassion, and Tolerance they tend to do more things for others, thus benefiting society and the people around them.

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Study shows that clarity increases with repeated practice sessions

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Kirlian photography shows more energy coming from a practitioners five fingers after the practice

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This peaceful practice is persecuted in China!

The CCP commits human rights crimes against practitioners

Believe it or not, this peaceful practice is illegal in China.

For seven years Falun Gong had grown in China and been praised by the government as beneficial for the people. It reduced health care costs, increased satisfaction with life, and thereby helped the economy.

Though not universally accepted by the politburo, Jiang Zemin, the former leader of the Chinese Communist Party, made a choice in 1999 to "... Eliminate Falun Gong". This meant that almost overnight 60 million people became enemies of the state, were demonized, ostracized, tortured, detained, and sentenced to years in jail and forced labor camps.

Of course it's not just the 60 million practitioners who were effected, but also their families, friends, and colleagues. Any support of a practitioner would lead to financial and social ruin through government controls.

There are various reasons why this occurred, but the biggest is fear, and the growth of Falun Gong scared some members of the government. Despite Falun Gong being peaceful, the CCP were afraid of the unknown, and so they outlawed it.

The persecution has been going on for 8 years in China, and the practitioners basically go through hell because of their beliefs and spiritual practice. The CCP has not shown much (if any) remorse or response for the victims and their families.

In recent years it has spread overseas, with spies interrogating American University's Chinese Clubs, and a powerful influence over Hong Kong growing at an alarming rate.

For more information about the persecution, see this lens about Organ Harvesting in China.

Even with the intense pressure of a persecution and being forced to live underground, the practitioners in China (and the rest of the world) have never struck back or resisted the persecution with violence.

On the contrary, every action has been taken to be Truthful, Compassionate, and Tolerant of the persecution (in line with their beliefs), with peaceful and informative efforts made to weaken the persecution and bring it to people's attention, thus bringing it to an end.

Falun Dafa at 2006 Hollywood Christmas Parade

A small sample of Falun Dafa's popularity

This parade in Hollywood, Los Angeles, featured the Divine Land Marching Band, the Waist Drum Team, Heavenly Maiden Dancers, and an award winning float.

A few of my friends took part, and I just took part in the 2007 parade, which airs in Los Angeles on December 16th!

And there are parades similar to this in almost every major city. Perhaps you have seen one before or will see one soon. If so, now you know what it's all about!

Falun Dafa at 2006 Hollywood Xmas Parade

Marching band, float, dancers, and waist drum team.

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Falun Dafa Links

Links to more information about Falun Dafa Exercises

Here are a few links to Falun Gong exercise information. These are great for people who prefer to read instead of watch videos, or perhaps in tandem.

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Falun Gong Club - UC Berkeley ----- Falun Gong Exercises

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Falun Dafa's Growth in China and the Human Rights Concerns

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