Taiji Quan (pronounced tie-chee-chwen) is a style of qigong. It is graceful, relaxed, slow, and fluid, like a slow-motion dance.  Taiji Quan is a whole body, whole mind exercise. It treats health systemically, restoring the body to its original “program”, uncorrupted by stress, pollution, and disease.  Taiji Quan is a widely practiced Chinese internal martial style based on the theory of taiji (“grand ultimate”), closely associated with qigong, and typically involving more complex choreographed movement coordinated with breath, done slowly for health and training, or quickly for self-defense.