Meet the Team
Jen Taylor
Co-Executive DirectorPhilosopher, Musician, and Circus Yogini
Jen has a Masters in Philosophy and Religion. Her research focuses on Neolithic history & spirituality, animal ethics and ecofeminism. She studied Engaged Buddhism with Thich Nhat Hahn in Plum Village, France. An animal rights advocate and land steward, Jen is developing a pedagogy around beaver ecology as a window into the effect of keystone species on local ecosystem health and water supply.
She has taught a fusion of yoga and circus arts for children and adults for over twenty years, bringing joy and embodiment to many.
Justin Good
Co-Executive DirectorPhilosopher, 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.
