Rooted in Stillness: The Story Behind Kalmly Rooted

The Story of How Kalmly Rooted Came to Be

As a child, I was shy, observant, content to play alone. I wasn’t drawn to noise or crowds. I felt most alive in nature: rock pools, hiking trails, cold oceans, and deep forest trees. Being outside felt like I was experiencing something bigger, something sacred and ancient.

That love for stillness never left me.

I grew up in the Catholic Church, but as I got older, I drifted. The structure felt restrictive. I began to see religion as something closed off. More about rules than revelation. So, like many, I explored elsewhere. Yoga, charging crystals during the full moon, energy healing, women’s circles, tarot, mantras. Each one offered pieces of peace, presence, and purpose. And for a time, those practices grounded me.

But over the years, I began to notice something. The calm would fade. The deeper I searched, the more I felt I had to earn stillness. Enlightenment became a goal to chase, not a place to rest. I tried to detach from everything, even my own emotions.

There were beautiful moments, yes. But something essential always felt just out of reach.

Coming Home

In 2023, I moved from South Africa to the Netherlands. The support system I had from friends and family vanished. My connection to nature, the trails, oceans, and wild spaces where I unknowingly met God, disappeared too.

I felt called to read the Bible again, but this time with new eyes. I studied the origins. The historicity of Christ. The teachings. And slowly… I felt a shift.

I started listening to gospel music, and cry. There was no performance. Just deep, raw, inexplicable emotion. Some would call it the Holy Spirit. I call it the moment I realised: I had found Truth. Or rather, Truth had found me.

I slowly returned to the Catholic Church with a new kind of curiosity. The quiet. The reverence. The mystery. I had been searching for these in so many other places. But still, something tugged at me. I missed the depth I once found in meditation, in breathwork, in simply being present.

Was there a way to stay faithful and still explore the mystery of being still?

The Birth of Kalmly Rooted

That’s when I discovered the history of Christian mysticism, the ancient, contemplative heart of the Church that most people never get to see. Saints like St. John of the Cross and Teresa of Ávila who spoke of silence, union, and divine intimacy.

I learned that stillness wasn’t empty. It wasn’t only about detaching, it was holy. That being with God didn’t always need words or rituals. Sometimes, it looked like a breath. A pause. A glance inward. This is what I longed to share.

Not a perfect theology. Not a loud conversion story. Just stillness. And the peace that comes when you stop searching for Truth and realise He’s been beside you all along.

That’s how Kalmly Rooted was born. A brand rooted in presence, soaked in reverence, shaped by faith.

For the seekers.
The over-thinkers.
The spiritual souls.

For those who have wandered, questioned, and returned. For those who long to sit at the feet of God and simply be. You are welcome here. Let’s journey inward, together.