Vishnu's Couch Yoga Studio
Edmond was born on the sunny Caribbean island of Trinidad and Tobago and immigrated to New York at age 15. He began his Yoga career after learning the Transcendental Meditation technique in 1978 and has been a regular meditator since. He graduated from Maharishi School of Management (formerly known as Maharishi International University) in 1987 with a BA in Computer Science, and a year of advanced study on the Student Purusha program, which provided additional research and deeper experiences of consciousness. After studying Hatha Yoga with Yogi Hari for a year, he moved to the city of Binghamton in upstate NY where he has been teaching a unique blend of yoga that includes Asanas, Pranayama, Meditation and Satsang since 1992. Edmond co-owns the Vishnu’s Couch Yoga Studio in Binghamton NY. His personal goal has been to bring enlightenment to the Southern Tier by enlivening the unified field of consciousness through his programs and classes.
Contact information: e_cotton@yahoo.com or 607.232.6410
Cheryl was born in the partly cloudy, aging industrial city of Troy, NY. She spent her formative years in the capital district trying to act normal. She immigrated to Binghamton in the mid-sixties. While waiting for Edmond to show up, she was gifted with two beautiful children and received a college degree and many life lessons. Although she has veered away from "the arts" for years at a time, she inevitably finds herself swerving back onto that path and is happiest when creating her widely-unacclaimed works of visual art, music, dance and poetry. She encountered Edmond's unique blend of yoga in 2004, and has been an ardent practitioner ever since. He doesn't seem to mind that she has flavored it in her own way. Although not claiming to be enlightened, Cheryl is feeling lighter these days.
Contact information: cherylyrica@yahoo.com or 607.232.6289