The Falun Gong probably rings a bell with Westerners who remember the Chinese crackdown on the movement after thousands of adherents staged a silent protest outside the Communist Party headquarters in 1999.  Little was heard in the West about the movement prior to that event, and little has been heard since.  But that doesn't mean that the movement has faltered.  It's actually expanding, and claims to have 100 million followers worldwide.  

Once again, the primary benefit of the religion is touted as improved health.  In fact, the official Falun Gong website maintains that a person of any religious persuasion could enjoy the benefits of Falun Gong meditation and exercise, though of course there is the option of focusing one's beliefs solely through Falun Gong.  

Other attractive aspects to this religion?  The exercises are easily learned and mastered in about a week.  The religion's texts are available on line and the claim is made that they can all be read without a huge investment of time.  However, my brief perusal of some of Li Hongzhi's (the founder of Falun Gong) writings seem to indicate that the going might be a bit slower than what the web site promises.  That is, if you're bothering to read the books - which I'm sure many practitioners aren't (just as many Christians don't bother to read the Bible).  The relative ease of learning the basics of this religion has got to be very appealing to people who are looking for a means of engaging in a spiritual practice, but are overwhelmed by the thought of attempting to read the Bible, or the Quran, or even the many accumulated writings of the Buddhist and Taoist traditions in which Falun Gong is based.  The movement makes the sorts of statements typical for religions emphasizing the elimination of what they believe to be 'artificial distinctions' as to the nature of reality, focusing the meditative mind on the supra-consciousness which all things and people are expressions of.  

But hey, if religion is really just a means to better health, we ought to be able to save a ton of money by scrapping the current health care system, scrapping plans for socialized health care, and just pushing everyone to practice an Eastern religion that doesn't call itself a religion!