OK, so I've been searching for ways to quietly exercise without overexertting myself like I tend to do at the gym.

And, I stumbled upon a few things about Flun Dafa as a form of exercise.

Now, Falun Dafa is far more than exercise (it's a religious principle, and some say a religion), but my concerns are no more religious with this thing as they would be fore those of you practicing yoga or Tai Chi. I'm simply looking for a nice way to exercise a bit on my non-exercise day.

Anyway, there's this basic exercise that they do...I mean REALLY basic, but it's designed to increase energy in yorur. Alby goddamnit, it actually works!

I mean, after doing it twice, I totally feel energized. It's the strangest fucking thing.

Has anyone heard of Falun Dafa? Has anyone tried any of the exercises?

If no, what about Yoga or Tai chi?

Nope. But I've been to Falun. They have a special sausage there

Some Chinese Falun Dafa practitioners in my town tried to persuade me to join their meetings and take part in their rituals but I declined after reading the book that they had given me before.

The book mentions a few rituals that are supposedly quite dangerous if not done right (physically and psychologically) and I found that weird and lost interest real quick.

It even claimed that you can summon demons if you don´t do your exercises in the right manner.

Too weird for me. I´d rather work out at the gym and run and swim a bit.

[Edited 8/25/12 3:38am]

KoolEaze said:

Some Chinese Falun Dafa practitioners in my town tried to persuade me to join their meetings and take part in their rituals but I declined after reading the book that they had given me before.

The book mentions a few rituals that are supposedly quite dangerous if not done right (physically and psychologically) and I found that weird and lost interest real quick.

It even claimed that you can summon demons if you don´t do your exercises in the right manner.

Too weird for me. I´d rather work out at the gym and run and swim a bit.

[Edited 8/25/12 3:38am]

...and by "summon demons" they mean that Imago will show up at your door...

XxAxX said:

so... the moves are aiiight and all but do we HAVE to wear those ugly ass clothes???

I tried Falun Dafa, and now I'm doing it for a few years.

Falun Dafa is a self discipline practice that takes into account that your mind is connected with your body so for that it has a moral code, to be true, good and endure.

If you are looking for that, fine, if not there is yoga, tai chi, etc (only as you observed it might not be that effective).

To get human relations somewhat stable religions talked about morality, but they also had worship, got money for temples, etc.
Falun Dafa is mind and body cultivation so yes, it has to talk about morality, but it is keeping true to the essential stuff, so there is no worship and money involved.

Actually the chinese who care most about these things (have you seen people flying in their movies?) found this practice so good that more the 70 million people started to do it.

Well that's more the 60 million party members of the atheist, marxist communist party, and since they feared to loose the hearts and mind of people with it's struggle ideology, they declared this practice the number one threat and then people where sent to labour camps and the slander against it start to pour in.

If you are curious about this part of modern history see this movie: http://ADecadeOfCourage.com