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International Tiger Project
Saoro a proud green supporter of the International Tiger Project
Saoro is proud to be a Green Supporter of the International Tiger Project donating €4 from the sale of every Sumatra Ceremonial Cacao Bar to support conservation and protection projects to save the Critically Endangered Sumatran tiger and its habitat.
The Cacao Experience
Saoró’s Cacao Facilitator Training Program
In this comprehensive program, we will embark on a journey exploring the sacred and transformative qualities of Cacao, as well as develop the necessary skills and knowledge to guide others in their own Cacao experiences.
Cacao, also known as the “food of the gods,” has been used for centuries in ceremonial and spiritual practices. It has the power to open our hearts, expand our consciousness, and deepen our connection with ourselves and the world around us. As a Cacao facilitator, you will have the opportunity to share this ancient wisdom and facilitate profound healing and transformation for others
NEW LOTUS / ROSE TINCTURE RANGE
Blue Lotus & Damask Rose Tinctures
Immerse yourself in the healing power of flowers with a range of tinctures developed by Agata, the Extravaganga for Saoró.
Blue Lotus — revered for centuries in Egypt & used in ritual to meditate, connect with higher realms & stimulate inner vision.
Damask Rose, with its rich connection to love & divine femininity, supports union with your higher self & the universal energies that fill your heart.
Image credit @louisemichelle_photography
Welcome to Saoró
We source & sell high quality sustainable, great value Ceremonial Cacao to a wide audience.
We honour & spread the values of the sacred plant of Cacao by supporting a holistic heart-centred community space that supports individual & collective healing. Ultimately our individual work together flows into the collective field for greater kindness, harmony & creativity.
Whether you are here to buy Cacao, increase your knowledge about the Cacao, find a holistic event or a nearby holistic practitioner, or join our lively blogging community of healers, poets & artists – you are very welcome!
Together we thrive
Ní neart go chur le chéile
passionate about Cacao
All about Cacao…
Cacao is both a nutritional powerhouse /superfood and a sacred plant medicine. If you’d like to know more about Cacao head over to our Cacao Library.
You’ll find articles/resources all about Cacao – recipes, the history of cacao, making the switch from coffee to cacao. You can also learn more about others in the community & their Cacao stories.
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Introducing South American Shamanic Waters
Saoró is delighted to present a range of Shamanic Waters for individual & group ceremonial use. Used for generations by the Shamans of South America in ceremony and in healing rituals, these waters can act as an aid to open or close sacred space, to clear heavy energy, as protection, as a blessing, to give thanks, to welcome abundance and luck into your life.
Collaboration with Ceramic Artist Maeve Monahan
Saoró are super excited to announce their collaboration with Belfast Ceramic Artist Maeve Monahan.
Saoró Red Tent | Menopause Awareness
Saoró Red Tent Menopause AwarenessFacing Menopause at 34: Preparing for a Rite…
The Air Element – Natural Astrology
The Earthen landscape couples with sky. Where the fair element of Air becomes one to pair la madre y el padre.
Saoro Bali Cacao
Saoro are super excited to announce the arrival of our new own brand Premium Ceremonial Cacao from the beautiful Paradise Island of Bali
Dionne Luby
I started my journey with cacao in 2020. My journey brought me to Galway by packing up and just leaving. Galway is medicine to me and it's where I would go to escape for breaks until I knew I had to be there in order to survive.
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**Saoró Poetry Month**
MG Poetry on Tap
By Joan Hardiman
@joanhman
Mother’s words span centuries.
“The face that launched a thousand ships” “Fair is foul and foul is fair”, “All that glitter is not gold”.
From first book to last, a memory so bright,
safe to say poetically, she “is monarch of all he surveys”.
From Grasshopper Green to Kubla khan.
A hint and she is gone.
Childhood favourite, “Here comes the pony his work is all done”.
The charge of the light brigade “Into the valley of death rode the six hundred”.
“The boy stood on the burning deck”, imagination detonated.
Dreary childhood yet “A terrible beauty was born”.
From birth to “Flights of angels lead thee to thy rest”
It swirls around in my head.
Goldsmith could have written of her and wondered “how one small head could carry all she knew”.
Nine decades on...
the words still in rhythmic song, perfect order,
“Come away o human child to the waters and the wild”.
Maybe “I will arise and go now and go to Innisfree”, her offspring join in, victims of repetition.
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Join us for poetry month!
Saoró is celebrating all things poetry in April publishing original poems, catching up with poets about how & why they write & more. We’ll also share some of our own favourite poems & poets
DM us on @saoroexperience or email us at info@saoro.org to get involved
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If you like this series, please also consider supporting us… Each purchase you make on Saoro.org supports our work in the community and boosts a local small business 🌱♥️
#poetry #poetrymonth #cacao #community#wearesaoro #letyourspiritsoar #wearesaoro#consciousness #shamanism #ceremonialcacao#cacaoireland #saoro #saoroexperience#togetherwethrive #rainforestcacao
**Join us LIVE for Saoró Poetry Month!**
Celebrate the power of poetry with us as Siân @Satnamtherapy shares a brand new poem and dives into a conversation with Vivienne about writing, reading, and the role poetry plays in our lives
When: April 2nd at 7pm
Whether you’re a longtime poetry lover or just curious, this is the perfect moment to pause, and connect to the power of poetry.
Don’t miss it!
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Join us for poetry month!
Saoró is celebrating all things poetry in April publishing original poems, catching up with poets about how & why they write & more. We’ll also share some of our own favourite poems & poets.
Please join us — share your own original poems or poems by others that have inspired you… DM us on @saoroexperience or email us at info@saoro.org
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If you like this series, please also consider supporting us… Each purchase you make on Saoro.org supports our work in the community and boosts a local small business 🌱♥️
#poetry #poetrymonth #cacao #community#wearesaoro #letyourspiritsoar #wearesaoro#consciousness #shamanism #ceremonialcacao#cacaoireland #saoro #saoroexperience#togetherwethrive #rainforestcacao
**Saoro Cacao Facilitator Training May 2025**
Are you curious about deepening your journey with Cacao & learning how to guide others in their own Cacao experiences ?
Read the heartfelt feedback from past participants — and grab one of the final spots for our 2025 Cacao Facilitator Training….
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In this training, over two weekends, you will learn about:
> The history & traditions of Cacao
> The physical & psychological benefits of Cacao
> Choosing the right Cacao - environmentally friendly & sustainable
> Practical tools to facilitate Cacao ceremonies
> How to create sacred space
> Different ceremony formats, including rituals, shamanic journeying, heart-opening & connective techniques
> Ethics & trauma-informed safety considerations in conducting Cacao ceremonies
> Holding space, managing group dynamics, & responding to individual needs & experiences during ceremony.
The course costs just €1,100 and includes:
-> In-person training on May 16th/17th/18th, incl food & stay
-> Month long Cacao dieta, guided by the team to deepen your connection with this beautiful medicine (Cacao included)
-> Final in-person weekend of learning, sharing & celebration on June 14th & 15th, incl food & stay
-> A written Cacao guide
-> Future Saoro support/collaboration & promotion for you & your events
-> Exclusive discounts on our Saoró Cacao range
Payment plans available, tailored to individual needs 🙏
We’d love you to join us ❤️💫
Email us at info@saoro.org or DM @saoroexperience for further details and to book a discovery call with Vivienne ✨️
#cacaofacilitator #cacaotraining #cacaoceremony #cacao #community #wearesaoro #letyourspiritsoar #wearesaoro #consciousness #shamanism #ceremonialcacao #cacaoireland #saoro #saoroexperience #togetherwethrive #rainforestcacao
Wild Child 250gm back in stock! ✨️
We are delighted to announce the Saoró favourite is back and available at https://saoro.org/product/wild-child-cacao-250g-bar/
#wearesaoro #wildchildcacao
#ceremonialcacao #cacao #community #dominicancacao
#plantmedicine #shamanism
**Saoró Cacao Facilitator Training 2025 - meet Vivienne**
Meet the team for Saoró Cacao Facilitator Training….
Read the full piece from Vivienne on Cacao & Me: https://saoro.org/2023/08/23/vivienne-dempsey/
“Cacao’s nurturing presence has walked with me, hand in hand along my shamanic path. A witness to illness, pain, growth, stillness, joy, stuckness, anger, expansion, pain again, love. Unintrusive, never pushy, always subtle, playful, whispering, gently cajoling and wildly inspiring. A friend, a guardian, a muse…
Cacao is about heart, sharing and community. All around us grassroot community movements are emerging based on service, conscious living and supporting one another. Circles, ceremonies, workshops emerge as a variety of beautiful gatherings to assist us in our spiritual recovery. To me Cacao is very much part of this emergence and in its way, fuels this movement, this return to wholeness…
I am keenly aware of the transformative potential of Cacao as a sacred medicine and consider myself blessed to have her as my guide. This medicine has aligned so beautifully with my path and now, inspired by the spirit of cacao, I am ready to share my knowledge and experience with others who wish to hold space and be of service to this transformative medicine. For our Facilitator training program we are bringing the combined expertise and insight of four accomplished Cacao practitioners to share their unique wisdom and connection to cacao, another wonderful milestone on this magical journey.”
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Join us for an immersive Cacao Facilitator Training 2025
• In-person training (May 16–18 & June 14–15) — food & stay included
• Guided month-long Cacao dieta
• Written Cacao guide
• Ongoing support, collaboration & promotion for your events
• Exclusive discounts on our Saoró Ceremonial Cacaos
Email us at info@saoro.org or DM @saoroexperience for further details and to book a discovery call with Vivienne ✨️
#cacaofacilitator #cacaotraining #cacaoceremony #cacao #community #wearesaoro #letyourspiritsoar #wearesaoro #consciousness #shamanism #ceremonialcacao #cacaoireland #saoro #saoroexperience #togetherwethrive #rainforestcacao
**Calling all poets & poetry-lovers**
Welcome to Saoro poetry month – where we celebrate all things poetry…
Here at Saoro we’re strong believers in the role that creativity plays in living a spiritual life. We also know that reading & writing poetry has so much to teach us….
During the month of April we’ll be celebrating all things poetry-we’ll publish original poems, catch up with the poets about how they got started, why they write, how poetry can helps the healing journey, how to get started writing, poets & poems that inspire and more. We’ll also share some of our own favourite poems & poets here at Saoro.
If you’d like to participate, we’d love to share your own original poems or poems by others that have inspired you… please DM us on @saoroexperience or email us at info@saoro.org
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If you like this, please consider supporting us… Each purchase you make on Saoro.org supports our work in the community and boosts a local small business 🌱♥️
#poetry #poetrymonth #cacao #community #wearesaoro #letyourspiritsoar #wearesaoro #consciousness #shamanism #ceremonialcacao #cacaoireland #saoro #saoroexperience #togetherwethrive #rainforestcacao
