Meet the Team
Simply Sacred Solutions
Why the name Simply Sacred Solutions?
"Simply Sacred Solutions" was chosen to remember the simple truths that we are all sacred, and all of life is sacred. When this is lost, there is deviation using forms of power, oppression, control, and ego that harms us all. Solutions are the tools that allow for transformation to be possible using heart centered leadership, workshops, and shared collective values for positive social change.
Auroara Leigh - Consultant, Anthropologist and Social Entrepreneur
The tools gathered in my medicine bag include:
- DONA International Childbirth Doula Certificate
- Lactation Consultant Certificate
- Reiki Master & Teacher
- Consent Culture Facilitator Training
- Yoga Instructor Training
- Holistic Nutrition Training
- Bachelor's Degree in Cultural and Medical Anthropology
- Health research professional work experience
- Cultural Safety Training
- Masters of Education in Adult learning and Global Change
- Life Skills Teacher Facilitation Training
- Banff Centre for the Arts Indigenous and Social Change Leadership Training
- Elders and Wisdom Keeper's teachings and ceremony
- Consultation and program design with domestic and international organizations
- Trauma-informed counselling experience for women and youth
- Developed an unlearning and relearning model for program/workshop design
- Singer-Songwriter and recording artist
- Somatic trauma informed practices approach to wellness and healing
- Decolonization Curriculum Designer at the Northern Community College
"I am not here to make a new form of knowledge, we have forefathers and foremothers who have substantiated that already from all four directions. I am here to help us have a conversation together on how to reset in the places that we have gotten so off course with certain aspects of our society has chosen to value things that disconnect us, from ourselves, others and our environment.
To summate it simply, would be to say that we need kindness in all three areas: kindness to the self, kindness to others, and kindness to the environment. Yet, we need an entire unlearning and relearning process to get there. We have a global reality on our hands that civilization has never seen before: Globalization and an Anthropocene era, mixed with disconnected traumatized folks.
To be able to return to homeostasis both socially and individually, as well as modify and adapt to new horizons of what globalization is leading to, we must be wise in our actions, choices and direction. Core values steer the way we are going and it would be wise to connect and discern what the core values are going to be moving forward. It is challenging to know one's core values when there is fear, trauma, ego, competitive mindsets, and shallow pleasure-seeking in the way.
The outcome of what we choose in the coming decade will matter substantially, and if we choose to continue to treat the smoke rather than the fire, we will continue down a certain path. Rather, if we choose to work together to create goals related to healthy connecting and healing, we will be on a path much more suitable for the future generations. It is easy to be kind, we just make it complicated!"
- Auroara Leigh, Founder
At Simply Sacred, we are deeply committed to aligning our mission and practices with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Through our focus on wellness, education, and social change, we actively contribute to Good Health and Well-being (Goal 3), Quality Education (Goal 4), and Gender Equality (Goal 5). Our initiatives promote Reduced Inequality (Goal 10) by fostering equity, diversity, and inclusion in all that we do. We are dedicated to Responsible Consumption and Production (Goal 12) through our ethically produced AllAreSacred Apparel line, and we strive to create Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions (Goal 16) by advocating for lateral kindness, anti-racism, and trauma-informed practices. At Simply Sacred, we believe in the power of collective action and partnerships to build a more sustainable and equitable future for all.
What we are all about here
Simply Sacred Solutions is a place where creativity, innovation, trauma informed healing, global kindness, team development, systemic growth and individual evolution meet. Our methods are based on sound research and allow us to serve through next level programs and support that to elevate the collective. These solutions include music, podcasts, workshops, one-on-one consultation, corporate team development and program design. Inspiration, connection and hope are at the heart of everything!
Our Team Bringing Solutions to You
Auroara Leigh
Kaja Gjesdal
Elisabeth Cyr
