Meet the Team
Jen Taylor, M.A.
Co-Director
Ecofeminist Philosopher, Circus Yogini & Land Steward
Jen Taylor is a philosopher of forgotten things. A circus yogini, land steward, baker, and scholar of ancient goddess traditions, she explores the places where ecology, mythology, embodiment, and community meet. From forest classrooms and trapeze rigs to sourdough ovens and lecture halls, her work asks a simple but profound question: What helps life flourish—and what helps us remember how to belong to one another, to the earth, and to ourselves?
Drawing on graduate studies in philosophy and religion, contemplative practice, and more than twenty years teaching yoga and aerial arts, Jen creates experiences that unite intellectual inquiry with lived experience. She studied Engaged Buddhism with Thich Nhat Hanh at Plum Village in France, an influence that continues to inform her approach to mindfulness, community, and ecological stewardship.
Through lectures, workshops, forest immersions, and circus yoga, she invites participants to rediscover the wisdom of the body, the imagination, and the living Earth.
Her current research focuses on Neolithic spirituality, the history of Goddess cultures, animal ethics, and beaver ecology as a model for ecological restoration and community resilience.
Together with her husband, Justin, she has stewarded The Sanctuary land trust for nearly two decades, cultivating a place where philosophy, ecology, spirituality, and joyful embodiment meet.
Above: The Sanctuary Garden
Justin Good, PhD
Co-Director
Philosopher, Musician, and Writer
Beyond his duties as steward of the Sanctuary land trust, Justin runs the Meditation Miracles Sangha, the Sanctuary’s weekly meditation and A Course in Miracles group. This gathering is open to the public. Justin also teaches Environmental Ethics, Ethics of Technology, Kinship Worldview and Philosophy As A Way of Life at Central CT State University, Middlesex Community College and at York C. I. Women’s Prison through the Wesleyan Center for Prison Education. He is the author of Wittgenstein and the Theory of Perception.
Justin studied Art in Philadelphia and the University of Chicago, Philosophy at Suny Purchase and received his PhD from Boston College. He plays jazz and classical guitar, sharing his love of playing with many.
