Lina Newstead

Lina is a Senior British Wheel of Yoga tutor and has long ties to Claridge House. Lina has been practising Yoga since 1975, gaining experience with Yoga teachers from different traditions. She has taught Yoga to adults, children, pregnant women, the elderly and to students with additional needs such as MS. Lina has a City & Guilds Level 4 Certificate in Education, is a BWY (British Wheel of Yoga) Foundation Course & Diploma course tutor and has completed a BWY Post Graduate Module in Meditation. Lina is has taught the CYQ Yoga Diploma at The City Lit in London and 2 BWY Diploma courses in Canterbury, as well as Foundation courses. She also takes private classes, Yoga & Meditation retreat weekends and is also a Yoga for healthy Backs tutor. As well as yoga, Lina has been teaching Mindfulness with a unique slant from her experience of the Buddhist Tibetan and Yoga traditions and runs monthly mindfulness mornings here at Claridge House.

Lina is also a Friend in Residence at Claridge House – a friendly face who offers their skills and life experience to the guests staying here. They support the Quaker ambience of the House, and uphold our core purpose and values. They have a have a heartfelt sense of quietly being alongside guests. They bring a sense of calm, peace and stillness to create an atmosphere in which guests can relax and feel comfortable. Friends in Residence are able to build a trusting space for those guests seeking a caring space in which to be held. They provide a listening ear to those in need, carefully listening with warmth and a compassionate stillness which exemplifies the love and care which Claridge House offers and for which it is renowned. They do not offer counselling.