I'm Anyssa — a yoga teacher, playlist obsessive, and creator behind NysNotes. I believe wellness should make your life bigger, not become another set of rules to follow.

My relationship with wellness started long before NysNotes. In 2016, during one of the hardest seasons of my life, movement became an important part of finding my way back to myself.

I started teaching yoga in 2021, bringing with me a background in nonprofit work and community building. Those worlds may seem different, but I've realized that the thread between them has always been the same: I love creating spaces where people feel connected to themselves, to each other, and to something bigger.

This is my place to share what I'm learning on the mat and outside of it. You'll find yoga, playlists, reflections on wellness, things I'm loving, places worth going, and pieces of everyday life that make it all feel a little richer.

I'm not interested in perfect routines or turning wellness into another measure of how well we're doing life. I'm interested in practices that help us live more of it, with more curiosity, more connection, more music, more movement, and hopefully a little more joy.

Consider these my notes. Take what you need.