Leena Syrjälä is a BASI Pilates Faculty from Finland. She has completed The BASI Comprehensive and BASI Legacy Teacher Training Programs. Prior to falling in love with the BASI Method, Leena studied Pilates in the Finnish Institute of Health and Fitness and taught Pilates for more than ten years.
Leena has graduated as a physiotherapist from Metropolia University of Applied Sciences in Helsinki, and on top of that she has a Master´s degree in Education Theory. During her Master´s degree programme she studied Physical Education and Health Education as her Minor subjects. In addition, she has done studies in Sports Medicine.
Leena is an enthusiastic Pilates Teacher who herself found Pilates over 15 years ago when suffering from lower back pain. She found Pilates very helpful for overall health. She wants to spread the joy of Pilates and give everybody an opportunity to enjoy the health benefits which Pilates can provide. Besides her Pilates experience Leena is a Yoga Teacher (RYT200).
Leena founded the Oasis Pilates & Yoga Studio in Turku with her business partner Hanna in 2018. Oasis is a beautiful Yoga and Pilates studio which became a BASI Host Studio in 2020. In 2022 Hanna and Leena opened the first BASI Pilates Academy in Scandinavia. BASI Pilates Academy – Turku now hosts BASI Teacher Trainings once or twice a year.
