i started stills because i have a passion for bringing truth and healing to others.

my entire life used to revolve around feeling tired, being unable to lose weight, struggling with depression and anxiety, and never finding a doctor to help me fix it. although i had been raised in a very health-conscious home, there was so much we didn't know - like most people. we may have avoided most processed foods, gardened, and ate venison year round, but we also cooked with seed oils, had carb-heavy diets, and were extremely restrictive. i also was quite sedentary due to my lack of energy and yet wondered why eating 1200 calories a day wouldn't "fix" me.

this is the false version of "health" that many are living under - if they think to pursue health at all.

on top of that, our culture was set-up in such a way that humans are expected to operate like robots and not like people. we run all day everyday, fight tooth and nail to take a vacation, cut down on sleep instead of work, and overall live on high at every moment. because of this our health is slowly being chipped away at.

it was clear to me by my early twenties that the pharmaceutical system was never going to help me - especially since most doctors ignored me anyways. because of this i became very inspired by the ways God naturally created our bodies to work for us not against us. i found fascination in how He intricately designed the earth to be stewarded by us, while also nurturing us. i transformed my perspective on exercise from something that i "had" to do to something i am "able" to do because God blessed me with a mobile body. i also found that stress was the main driver of my chronic inflammation. rest is important. savoring life is important. work should be a gift we put our hands to and a way to provide for ourselves - but we were never meant to toil away our lives - the very lives we weren't even living. 

when i started fully understanding these things all i knew was i wanted a place i could go and not have to read a nutrition label or material label and put the product back on the shelf. i wanted a place that was safe for those looking to start fresh, get back to nature, and finally rest. rest their minds, rest their bodies and nourish themselves with the things God designed - as He designed it to be. 

so stills was born - first as a movement, and now as a marketplace where people can buy truly natural goods and learn what rest is - knowing they are making a better decision for their health.

because our world is so saturated with toxic products, switching to things that are simply real is actually difficult. you'd think going back to the natural would be easy but unfortunately, it isn't. so stills is here to inform you, guide you, and ultimately provide you with things that help you get started on your journey or sustain you on your journey.

slow down with us and disrupt the culture.

be still.