(Minghui.org) Falun Dafa practitioners participated in Vinnytsia City Day on September 12, 2026. Vinnytsia is an administrative center in central Ukraine, 270 kilometers [168 miles] from Kyiv, and has a population of around 380,000.
Practitioners did the Falun Dafa exercises on European Square in the very heart of the city. This spot is considered the city’s historic and cultural center. They also handed out leaflets to passersby containing information about the practice and the persecution in China.
Practitioners do the Falun Dafa exercises in the center of Vinnytsia. (Minghui.org)
Many passersby eagerly accepted the leaflets, and asked questions about meditating and how it helps people calm down. Among the passersby were quite a few visitors from other cities in Ukraine.
Ukrainians Learn the Exercises
People learn the Falun Dafa exercises. (Minghui.org)
One couple took a keen interest in Falun Dafa and watched practitioners do the exercises for a long time. They also listened attentively as a practitioner explained what Falun Dafa is and how it is persecuted.
Two women came after seeing posts about the event on social media. They were taught the exercises and said they felt a lightness in their bodies and really enjoyed it.
An 83-year-old man said that he’s practiced the Falun Dafa exercises regularly at home on his own for 10 years. He found a video on the internet that taught the exercises, and he said doing them helped him stay alert and improved his health.
He was delighted to meet practitioners and joined the group where the exercises were being taught. He said he would begin going to the park and do the exercises with local practitioners every weekend.
Bringing Peace and Good Values to the People of Vinnytsia
Besides local practitioners, four practitioners from Kyiv also attended the event. Among them were Karolina and her husband, who have practiced Falun Dafa for around 20 years.
“In the context of the war, many Ukrainians are facing extremely difficult trials. Anxiety, explosions, fear, the loss of loved ones and the terrifying uncertainty… In such circumstances, people become emotionally drained. When the world as we know it collapses, it is hard to maintain one’s inner balance, which directly affects one’s health, the atmosphere at home and at work,” Karolina said.
“I really wanted to share with the people of Vinnytsia what has been helping me to live my own life for over 20 years. Cultivating Falun Dafa has given me confidence, stability and an inexhaustible sense of harmony. When you have this deep inner support, rooted in the universe, true peace of mind emerges.”
Karolina also gave passersby lotus flower keepsakes with the practice’s principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance written on them. She said these are “small symbols of hope” that she wants to give the people of Vinnytsia.
“Even if a person has no plans to practice, these three words serve as a reminder of what matters most: the qualities that are inherent in us by nature. If, even in the most difficult circumstances, we manage to keep honesty and kindness in our hearts and show patience, we gain an inner safeguard. I believe that the universe always protects those who carry light within themselves,” she said.
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