Meet Your Instructors
Nana Amoako-Anin
Studio Founder
[500-HR E-RYT® & YACEP® Yoga Alliance Continuing Ed Provider].
Nana Amoako-Anin is the founder of the studio, the creative director of the 200-Hour April Yoga Alliance Teacher Training, and a program advisor for all studio operations. As a practitioner of yoga for over 20 years, Bliss Yoga Accra began as more than a studio — it began as Nana’s personal path to healing. After years of building a demanding legal/banking career in the U.S., Nana discovered yoga as a refuge. What started as a way to find balance in her own life quickly grew into a calling: to share the practice with others searching for peace, strength, and renewal. When Nana returned to Ghana, she dreamed of creating a space where people could lay down the weight of the world and reconnect with themselves. A place that felt both grounding and uplifting, open to everybody and every journey. That dream became Bliss Yoga Accra! Founded in 2013. She's a regular fixture at studio classes and loves to engage with the studio community!
Rama Saeed
Rama [200-RYT®] is licensed with the Africa Yoga Project in Kenya. She is an experienced power yoga instructor. Rama offers private 1 on 1 sessions, teaches Sat. Power Yoga, and is a lead trainer for the Bliss Yoga Accra 200-HR Teacher Training Program. Her classes are for a mix of levels. She emphasizes strength and uses her classes to help her students find balance and build their stamina. In addition to her training with the Africa Yoga Project, Rama also recently completed a 200-HR neuroscience-based yoga teacher training and is a licensed doula and founder of @birthconversationsgh.
Nana Kusi
Nana Kusi [200-RYT®] is an alum of Bliss Yoga Accra’s yoga teacher training program, and a wellness enthusiast. He teaches Vinyasa Yoga, Hatha Yoga, Ashtanga Yoga and Yin Yoga. He also integrates elements of mindfulness, pranayama (breathing techniques), and meditation into his classes to help students nurture a deeper connection with their bodies and minds. He enjoys guiding beginner to intermediate yoga practitioners, as well as people recovering from injuries, in both group and private classes. He believes there is an inner Champion within us all–a Champion that represents the best version of ourselves, a Champion that can empower others in the world. I want to help people access their inner Champions on the yoga mat, so that when they step off the mat, they can go and create empowering stories that make the world a better place.
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Emmeline Misteli
My name is Emmeline. [200-RYT®] I’m a social entrepreneur, a yogi and a wellness enthusiast. Yoga has been a transformative part of my journey — mentally and physically — and continues to shape me every day. I believe we’re all lifelong students on the mat, and as a teacher, I embrace this ongoing path of learning, growth, and sharing. I teach Vinyasa/Hatha flow classes designed to be both challenging and accessible, with sequences that build strength, flexibility, stamina, and awareness. My classes emphasize proper alignment and invite you to move mindfully — blending strength and softness in both body and mind. I completed my Yoga Teacher Training with Bliss in 2024, and I can’t wait to guide you through practices that leave you feeling balanced, empowered, and more connected to yourself.
Dr. Wanida Lewis
Dr. Wanida Lewis [200-RYT®] is a trained food chemist by day. Dr. Lewis started practicing yoga in 2010 as part of her marathon runningregimen while in graduate school in Raleigh, NC. It was not love at first practice, but eventually Wanida grew to love yoga over timeespecially for her shin splints. After finishing her doctoral degree, she moved to Minneapolis and completed her restorative, yin and 200-HR vinyasa certifications at the Yess Yoga Studio. In 2019, she received her trauma sensitive certification from Transformation Yoga Project. In 2020, Dr. Lewis relocated to Accra, Ghana founding and implementing the region's first shared coworking and co-cooking food hub, Crescendo Foods. She is devoted to using yoga as a tool to reduce stress and trauma for communities of color.
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Natascha Farrell
Natascha is an alum of Bliss Yoga Accra’s yoga teacher training program, a primary school teacher, and dedicated yogi. She trained as a primary school teacher in London at UCL after finding a career in project management in the financial industry a bit unfulfilling. She has never since had a boring day at work! She has had some amazing opportunities since she jumped head-first into education. As a qualified RYT-200, the lifetime dedication to her practice has seen her in diverse classes across the world, from prenatal and Yin classes in the UK, to online Hatha classes in Bahrain during the pandemic and to Kemetic and children’s yoga in Accra. However, her favourite by far is a music-driven Power Vinyasa Flow. There’s something about flowing to the smooth vocals of Hozier and Michael Jackson that puts her in a good mood every time!
Paige Grayson
Paige is a RYT-200 and completed her training with Bliss Yoga Accra. She is a creative lifelong learner interested in generating tranquillity, creativity, and laughter through community engagement and wellness practices. As a K-12 teacher, her focal subjects include art, STEAM and more. Her interest in yoga stems from years of competitive swimming, as well as several forms of dance, and has evolved into an appreciation for well-being and exercises that promote mindfulness. In addition to Vinyasa, she teaches Yin, Power, and Therapeutic Yoga.
YogImani
Teacher Training Faculty YogImani is a freelance teacher of Afrikan and Khemetic Yoga [she qualified as an Afrikan yoga teacher in London, UK 2007 under the tutelage of Pablo Khonso Imani]. In 2013, she studied in Jamaica with Yisir Ra Hotep to become a certified Khemetic yoga Teacher. Imani is a member of the IYN [Independent Yoga Network]. She was recently invited to present a Khemetic Yoga workshop hosted by the British Wheel of Yoga which was a wonderful experience for all involved. Imani holds a BA hons degree in Sociology and Social Policy, Post Graduate Certificate in Education and 1st degree black belt in Judo. She is also a physical therapist specializing in remedial massage. An essential part of Imani’s practice is making yoga accessible to the disenfranchised, especially those with complex needs and disabilities. To this end she has successfully applied on several occasions for funding to organise free yoga classes for the marginalised.
Atsu Gadri
Teacher Training Faculty Atsu [200-RYT®] is a dancer, writer and yoga pracitioner. His practice is deeply rooted in Ashtanga Yoga and he is an expert in scholarship related to the history of yoga. An avid practitioner his love of classical ballet and modern dance, lends a dynamic lens to how he approaches the practice of yoga. His practice is diverse and beautiful and he brings a grounded and pure energy to the Bliss teaching team.
Nana Boatemaa
Teacher Training Faculty member Nana Boatemaa has a Masters in Anatomy and Physiotherapy from University of Ghana. Her clinical associations are with: LEKMA Hospital, and Korle Bu Teaching Hospital. She is an Accra based physiotherapist. Nana obtained a Masters in Anatomy [Mphil] from the Universitty of Ghana, College of Health Sciences, School of Biomedical and Allied Health Sciences, and her BSc. in Physiotherapy, [also from Legon]. Her research & workshops include Congenital Malformation & Neurotrauma, Movement Facilitation Techniques for adult and pediatric neurological disorders; Seminar on Sports Injury prevention; Pilates and Back Pain by Care and Spinal Surgery and Back Bracing for Spine Deformity. Upper extremities and spine trauma, Congenital Malformation & Neurotrauma, Movement Facilitation Techniques for adult and paediatric neurological disorders, Sports Injury prevention. Association Between Bag Weight and Carrying Style On Spinal Curvature in School Children in Ablekuma South.
Solomon Prana
Teacher Training Faculty Solomon is a leading meditation and pranic healing expert here in Ghana, who is passionate about the mind-body connection. Pranic Healing is a no touch healing technique that uses energy or prana to treat various illnesses in the physical, emotional and mental bodies. This prana is energy that comes the sun, the air, and the ground. Solomon also specializes in healing massage.