STILL HARBOR is part of a burgeoning 21st century movement that is choosing to draw on the world's long history and multiple traditions of individual and communal reflective practice in order to position spiritual formation as a necessary and wholly integrated element of every person's life-long education.

OUR APPROACH
We apply the world’s many traditions of contemplative practice to help individuals and organizations understand, deepen, or reconnect with their inner call, capacity, and commitment to make change in the world by serving others.

call: (n) a summons; a force of attraction
What is my purpose?

Throughout our lives, we evaluate and reevaluate how we want to live and act in the world. Despite living in an age of instant access to information and constant connectivity, feeling disconnected from a sense of purpose often makes us feel isolated, directionless, and unfulfilled.

To discover a calling in which we find meaning demands that we explore a spiritual life that connects us to ourselves, the other, and the unknown.

ca·pac·i·ty: (n) the ability to do, experience, or understand something
How do I deepen my ability to listen and respond well?

As we strive to become better servants, we must recognize that we lead with our whole being -- not just our intellectual or professional skills. Serving with only part of ourselves does not allow for authentic understanding or true accompaniment.

To develop the interior nimbleness and skill to be attentive and responsive to another requires an ability to profoundly listen to and connect with others as well as with our deepest sense of self.

com·mit·ment: (n) dedication; application; a pledge
How do I sustain myself and others?

Extended periods of stress, grief, or trauma have the potential to challenge or compromise our health and the ability to serve others well. At times, we may want to abandon our calling or find ourselves developing unhealthy coping mechanisms.

To sustain a commitment to tend to the needs of other in service over the long-term calls on the strength of our compassion and resilience, both of which can be developed within us if they are given the appropriate attention.

WHY IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE
By linking contemplative practice to action, the individuals and organizations we work with open themselves up to new behaviors, insights, approaches, and collaborations that become part of the solution to today’s most pressing, real-world, human-created problems of injustice and inequity.