Jennifer Phillips
Farm Director & Yoga Teacher
Jennifer grew up running through the woods of her grandmother’s backyard and was bit by a love of dance while grooving to funk music in the living room as a child. These days, Jennifer’s love for movement and being outdoors finds her tending the garden, studying permaculture and stewarding the land, and finding any opportunity to practice yoga and dance in the sunshine. Jennifer holds a BFA in modern dance and an RYT200 yoga teacher certification, along with a varied background in multiple forms of somatic movement. She completed a long-term immersion in yoga, sustainable living, native traditions, psychology, yogic philosophy and interpersonal relationship living in community with her teachers Matt & Holly Krepps at Circle Yoga Shala in Jasper, AR, where her commitment to devotional practice and living on the land was rooted. Jennifer is a Certified Permaculture Designer, an Ayurvedic Wellness Coach and is on the path to a 500hr yoga certification, diving deeper into the study of living yoga through the 8 Limbed Path, weaving a daily Sadhana practice, and devotional Bhakti yoga with Janet Stone. Her daily life is infused with dancing, singing, chanting, yoga, gardening and caring for her many animal children, while steeping in the inspiration of living in communion with nature and crafting programs to bring the community together around self-care and sustainable living.
Robert Officer
Farm manager & BeeKeeper
Rob’s curiosity for life was ignited, you could say, by his childhood experiences on his grandparents farm, wheeling around a car battery to find out what would spark. He grew up riding horses, herding goats, and shoelessly wandering. Nowadays you can find him in the apiary, tending to his bees, out on the land planting fruit trees and spreading seed, or building the latest farm project. Rob’s background in engineering and design give way to stunning creative structures, which take herculean strength to construct. He likes to do things that are hard, if it means that it will be beautiful. Rob trained in yoga, psychology, yogic philosophy & native traditions with Matt & Holley Krepps of Circle Yoga Shala, is a certified gemologist, and currently works as a goldsmith.
