Welcome to Qigong with Deniz Paradot
Movement · Stillness · Conversation · Writing
Qigong has been at the heart of my life for more than 25 years. It is how I practise, how I teach and much of how I have come to understand the relationship between body, breath, awareness and the way we meet life.
My work today has grown from those same foundations.
Sometimes that means teaching Qigong. Sometimes it means sitting alongside someone one-to-one. Sometimes it is meditation, movement, breath or stillness. And increasingly, it is through the things I write.
What connects all of it is a simple curiosity: what helps us live with greater awareness, connection and understanding?
Meet Deniz
For more than 25 years, I’ve worked closely with people through Qigong, meditation, mindfulness, teaching and one-to-one work. Along the way, I’ve taught more than 7,000 people and spent thousands of hours listening, talking, teaching, questioning and learning from the people I’ve worked alongside.
That experience has shaped me just as much as any training or practice.
It has taught me when knowledge is useful and when listening matters more. When a question can open something up. When movement or breath can help us notice what words haven't quite reached. And sometimes, when the most useful thing we can do is leave a little space.
My approach is gentle, grounded and human. I’m interested in helping people understand more for themselves — whether that happens through movement, stillness, conversation or reflection.
Qigong remains central to my work, but the principles I have learnt through decades of practice reach far beyond a class: less force, more listening; greater awareness of the body; curiosity about what is actually happening; and learning to meet ourselves where we are.
Weekly Classes in Norfolk
My classes are welcoming, accessible and mixed ability. Whether this is your first experience of Qigong or part of an established practice, you are encouraged to work with your own body and at your own pace.
Classes are held at SunFyr Barns, a peaceful countryside venue with a garden, free parking and an on-site café run by Root, around 15 minutes from Norwich city centre.
Students join me from across Norfolk and Suffolk, including Norwich, Poringland, Wymondham, Loddon, Diss and Pakefield.
Real People. Real Stories.
Qigong can be difficult to explain because so much of the experience is felt.
So rather than only telling you what I think, here are some students, past and present, sharing what they have noticed for themselves.
