During the COVID-19 pandemic, free Falun Dafa (also known as Falun Gong) online meditation exercise classes based in North America have attracted thousands of people globally, helping to heal illnesses, keep fit, and improve morality. Since October 2020, nearly 5,000 people from more than 54 countries around the world have participated in the free online Falun Gong tutorial sessions. At present, due to the ever-increasing demand, the online classes have been expanded to 14 different languages, with the number still increasing. Falun Gong is a spiritual practice composed of meditative exercises and moral teachings centered around the principles, truthfulness, compassion, and forbearance. Canadian Falun Gong practitioner and coordinator of the free sessions, Dr. Lei Shizhong, told the Chinese edition of The Epoch Times that so far, people of different races, occupations, and ages from all over the world have participated in the online classes. He said that due to the huge …