Our team

Alexandra Rossopoulou

Her partners call her “little buddha” because she carries her students’ secrets and stories within, like a lucky charm. She teaches yoga, yoga swings, pilates equipment, and pilates mat classes, and offers private classes as well! She’s a hurricane in all kinds of weather!

basi Pilates Legacy Graduate & Senior Faculty

Her partners call her “little buddha” because she carries her students’ secrets and stories within, like a lucky charm. She teaches yoga, yoga swings, pilates equipment, and pilates mat classes, and offers private classes as well! She’s a hurricane in all kinds of weather!

 Alexandra Rossopoulou, founder and owner of the Studio Anima was born in Thessaloniki and graduated from Kalamari Greek-French High-School Studied Modern Languages (Bachelor of Arts with Honors) at the University Lincolnshire- Humberside, UK.
Obtained the diploma of dancer and dance teacher from the Ministry of Culture (Machi Kafantari Higher School of Dance). Student of Aspa Foutsi, Dimitris Kyanidis, Marianthi Psomataki, Popi Sfika, Machi Kafantari, Zuna & Milan Kozanek et al. Student of L. Mcconville, Sasha Roubichek, Lauren Potter, Rachel Krische, Yael Flexer, Akram Khan, Union Dance Co, Candoco et al. (GDA, ID, Place, Laban Centre), in London.

Immediate student of Leela Miller, she is an ashtanga, alignment, yogad’up (children yoga) instructor.

Attended yoga and pilates classes and seminars with: Todd Tessen, Susanne Lahusen, Lara Baumann, Jonathan Monks, Howard Napper, Doug Swenson, Leonidas Mezilis, Alexandra Ruiz, Pau Castellsague’, Nikky Chrisostomou, Dharma Mittra,Peter Goodman, Primo Lombardi, Vivi Letsou, Dylan Bernstein, Rael Isacowitz, Lolita San Miguel, Eduard Botha, Amit Younger, Elizabeth Larkam, Samantha Wood, Mathew Sweeney, jonny nobleza, maral hadidi, anastasis, Kristina Karitinos- Ireland, Karen Finck, Elyzabeth Williamson, Richard Orbach, Karen Klippinger, Sheri Long,Ashley Ritchie,Maria Sylla, Georgia Kissa  Debora Taddeiet al.
Collaborated, as a dancer, with the following teams: Exis, Kinaisthisi, x-soma, Frauke Requardt co, Adrasteia, as well as with the Organization of Thessaloniki Concert Hall.
Worked at Aspa Foutsi and Vicky Sianou dance schools, the Body Soul and Tribody studios, as well as the Kundalini Yoga Centre. Moreover, worked at Triyoga, Pilatesworks, Queen Mother Victoria, Brixton Cultural Center and Hampton’s Houses, in London, UK.
Has collaborated with “Chorokinisi” dance school in Chania, Crete, Greece and the yoga centre Atmanasana as well as Bhavana Yoga Center, in Athens, Greece. She collaborates with NYSY studios regarding the BASI Pilates comprehensive training.

She specializes in the rehabilitation of women treated for breast cancer. In collaboration with the association AELIA she gives speeches in oncology conferences around Greece and teaches specialized seminars for teachers and health professionals in this area, under the BASI name (www.basipilates.com).

Since 2011, she hosts the BASI Pilates Comprehensive Teacher Training,  since 2018 she hosts the Leela Miller Yoga Teacher Training, accredited by Yoga Alliance and since 2019 she is a BASI Pilates Faculty.

Yorgos Rigas

Yorgos was born in Thessaloniki, Greece and studied English Language and Literature at the Aristotle University.

basi Pilates Graduate

Yorgos was born in Thessaloniki, Greece and studied English Language and Literature at the Aristotle University. Working in customer service at a well-known, cruelty free, cosmetics company for quite some time and acquiring multiple job roles on the way, made him realize his fondness not only for self-care, but also for helping people.

During the years of the pandemic, he was introduced to Yoga and Pilates by his mother -already a student of Anima- and quickly became mesmerized by both fields of practice. Love at first sight. It wasn’t long after, that he found a ”mentor” in Alexandra Rossopoulos and has been following her ever since.

In 2023, it was only natural that Yorgos attended the BASI Mat and Comprehensive Teacher Training Program led by Alexandra, Ashley Kim Ritchie and Fabio Caracci.

Besides his passion for Yoga and Pilates, Yorgos loves travelling and Art (Theatre, Cinema, Photography etc.). He enjoys spending his free time with his friends, who rightfully call him ”the life of the party”.

Nancy Hitzanidou

Nancy ‘s deep love for Yoga as a physical exercise, as a philosophy and as a way of living, infused in her the desire of sharing the joy of Yoga practice with other people.

Yoga Alliance E-RYT® 500, YACEP®

Nancy ‘s deep love for Yoga as a physical exercise, as a philosophy and as a way of living, infused in her the desire of sharing the joy of Yoga practice with other people. So, having apprenticed at Yoga Arts School since 2001, she completed in 2008, the Yoga Alliance 200-hour Registered Yoga Teachers Training Program at NYSY Studios with Vivi Letsou. In August 2011, she completed the NYSY Studios Yoga Alliance 500-hour Registered Yoga Teachers Training Program, having chosen Meditation and Tantric Studies as her focus field. In December 2016, she was certified from the Traditional Yoga Studies Institute (Georg and Brenda Feuerstein), for having completed a 3-year Distance Learning Course (800-hour) in Philosophy and History of Yoga.

Her practice is deeply inspired by her Teachers, as well as by the numerous Yoga workshops and Teacher Training programs she attends, in Greece and abroad, led by exceptional Teachers, and concerning various techniques of physical practice (Asana), Pranayama, and Meditation (Dhyana).

Since 2008, she teaches classes, leads workshops, and participates in Teacher Training Programs, in which the physical postures, meditation and applied Yoga Philosophy lead and inspire each other.

Georgia Chasapi

In 2023 she attended the BASI Pilates Comprehensive Teacher Training Program in
Athens led by Maro Stogiannidou, Alexandra Rossopoulou and Tali Hanoch. She started working immediately after at various Pilates studios in Athens.

Georgia was born in Thessaloniki and graduated from Anatolia College. In 2011 she moved to Athens to study History and Philosophy of Science at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Her love for dance led her to continue her studies and obtain a Diploma for Dancer and Dance Teacher from the Ministry of Culture (Higher Professional Dance School of the National
Opera and Higher Professional Dance School of Alexandros Chatziaras). During that time she wasalso a member of a dance company called Yper Orion, participating in performances at various theaters in Athens.

It was after a knee injury that Pilates came into Georgia’s life, and especially during the years of the pandemic. In 2023 she attended the BASI Pilates Comprehensive Teacher Training Program in Athens led by Maro Stogiannidou, Alexandra Rossopoulou and Tali Hanoch. She started working
immediately after at various Pilates studios in Athens. Her love for Pilates and BASI led her to enrich her education by attending courses and workshops such as: Pilates through Pregnancy and Beyond, Pilates for Osteoporosis, both led by Ashley Ritchie, Pilates for Breast Cancer Recovery with Alexandra Rossopoulos, Pilates for Injuries and Pathologies with Samantha Wood. Last but not least,
she attended the Mentor, the first phase of BASI Legacy Program, with the guidance of Maria Sylla and Ilaria Pulidori.

Apart from Pilates, Georgia enjoys walking and reading, spending time with her friends and family and her most recent passion is dancing flamenco.

Thanasis Saramourtsis

Thanasis began his journey into Yoga in 2006 at Yoga Arts with Joanna Hatzisavva as his teacher, after having practiced martial arts for a long time (Kung-Fu, Qi-Qong, Judo).

Thanasis began his journey into Yoga in 2006 at Yoga Arts with Joanna Hatzisavva as his teacher, after having practiced martial arts for a long time (Kung-Fu, Qi-Qong, Judo). A special stage in this journey has been the acquaintance and systematic involvement with the system of Aṣṭāṅga Vinyasa Yoga, under the guidance of exceptional teachers.

He has attended numerous trainings on many types of modern Yoga, which have infused in him the belief that Yoga is one and –should be– is simple. He has been authorized to teach the 1st and 2nd series of Aṣṭāṅga Vinyasa Yoga by Manju Jois, Aṣṭāṅga Yoga Guru of Mysore, and Sri K. Pattabhi Jois’s eldest son. Another area of exploration is the Vinyasa Krama Yoga method, which he is currently practicing and studying.

Milta Exarchou

Milta was born in Tyrnavos and was an athlete of track and field and a member of the volleyball local team.

Milta was born in Tyrnavos and was an athlete of track and field and a member of the volleyball local team.

She graduated the Sports and Science department of Aristotle University in Thessaloniki and the North Academy of Fitness with specialization into aerobics, personnel training and group classes.
In 2003, she started studying the Pilates Method (Grafts school) while working as a fitness trainer, dance aerobic and Pilates instructor.

After giving birth to her son in 2017, she decided to update her Pilates skills and attended first, the BASI Pilates mat training (2018 with Ashley Ritchie, Debora Taddei and Efi Mavrogianni) followed by the Comprehensive one (2023 with Ashley Ritchie, Alexandra Rossopoulos and Fabio Caracci).

She loves dearly her pregnant students and while being pregnant to her daughter in 2022, she registered to the BASI Pilates Pregnancy and Beyond course, by Ashley Ritchie.

Believing in continuing education, she has attended “Standing Pilates” workshop with Tash Barnard, “The Vital Role of Psoas Muscle” and “Pilates through Menopause” workshops with Ashley Ritchie.