Falun Gong Practitioners in Mind Body & Spirit Festival

04-October_05

The Mind, Body & Spirit Festival is an annual community activity in many areas of New Zealand. Like in health expos, many people and groups of different faiths, ideas and spirit take this opportunity to show their ideas. Falun Gong practitioners in Christchurch are invited to the festival every year. Organizers of this activity always make convenient arrangement for Falun Dafa. For example, they provided an outdoor place for practitioners to demonstrate Falun Gong exercises.

Falun Gong practitioners found at this year's festival that many people had learned about Falun Gong to some extent. Some came to sign in support of anti-persecution effort. Some came to learn Falun Gong exercises. They were from Europe, Australia, North American and different cities and small towns in New Zealand. They learned about the persecution from local practitioners and became interested in Falun Gong. More than thirty people signed up for the free exercise workshop.

"I would like to Falun Gong."

A woman signs in support of anti-persecution effort.

Many children and teenagers were fascinated by the peaceful exercises and learned Falun Gong on the spot. Even some young children learned seriously. A four-year-old little girl asked practitioners to teach her the fifth exercise three times. Many children could cross both legs right away.

"I can cross both legs too!"