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Activism

Ac­tivism, for Saoró, is not only about protest — it’s about pres­ence. It’s about show­ing up for one an­oth­er, for our land, and for the sto­ries that need to be heard. It’s about be­ing con­scious­ly in ser­vice of a more com­pas­sion­ate world. Ac­tivism is the thread that runs through every ac­tion we take at Saoró.

And this No­vember, we’re weav­ing that thread into fo­cus — ded­i­cat­ing the en­tire month to ex­plor­ing what it tru­ly means to live as an ac­tivist of the heart.

Through­out No­vember, Michael Ryan will guide us on a jour­ney of in­ner ex­plo­ration — dis­cov­er­ing what it means to be an ac­tivist of the heart, let­ting love root our action and aware­ness. Whether you are join­ing in on the lives or watch­ing back at a lat­er date, we invite you to make your­self a cup of ca­cao and to settle into these conversations – become part of the conversation, be part of the revolution.

A month of conversation

Ac­tivism Month: No­vember 2025

Cu­rat­ed by Michael Ryan (@michael­ryan_the­way­home), this month long ex­plo­ration in­vites us to re­flect on what ac­tivism tru­ly means — not only as so cial or po­lit­i­cal ac­tion, but as a deep­er ex­pres­sion of our shared hu­man­i­ty. To­geth­er, we’ll in­quire into where ac­tivism aris­es from, why it’s need­ed, and what in­ner and out­er forces both sup­port and re­sist it. This of­fer­ing is a space to ex­plore ac­tivism as an act of be­long­ing — a way of join­ing the great con­ver­sa­tion of be­ing alive, of car­ing deeply for life and the nat­ur al world.

We’ll look at how the West­ern psy­che, of­ten shaped by com­fort, con­trol, and a sub­tle sense of un­wor­thi­ness, can both sup­press and in­spire our im­pulse to act. Through di­a­logue, re­flec­tion, and shared in­quiry, we’ll open to the pos­si­bil­i­ty that ac­tivism is not just some­thing we do, but some­thing we are when we al­low our­selves to feel and re­spond to the world with courage, clar­i­ty, and com­pas­sion. (Could in­clude this text be­low or else link Michaels pro­file which has been up loaded to the saoro blog) Michael Ryan is a life­long ex­plor­er of the in­ner world.

Through yoga, mind­ful move­ment, breath­work, med­i­ta­tion, and shad­ow work, he guides oth­ers in meet­ing and heal­ing the lay­ers of pain, grief, and chal­lenge that shape the hu­man ex­pe ri­ence. His work is ground­ed in the be­lief that by turn­ing in­ward, we cul­ti­vate clar­i­ty and bal­ance that ra­di­ate into the world. Michael has taught peo­ple from all walks of life, in­clud­ing serv­ing as yoga teacher to the Pres­i­dent of Ire­land, Michael D. Higgins.

Michael Ryan

Rewatch the series

Instagam Live Series

3rd No­vember

Mic­ah Springer

Our first guest was Mic­ah Springer. Mic­ah Springer (@vi­talmic­ah) is orig­i­nal­ly from Col­orado and cur­rent­ly liv­ing and writ­ing in Türkiye, she is an au­thor, and try­ing like most peo­ple to re-eval­u­ate her place and pur­pose in our fast-chang­ing world.

Her in­ter­ests in­clude na­ture, an­i mals, lan­guage, cul­ture, health, well­ness, med­i­ta­tion and bowspring move­ment, a pos­tural par­adigm sys­tem, de­vel­oped in part by her sis­ter Desi Springer.

10th No­vember

Caoimhe But­ter­ly

This week’s guest was Caoimhe But­ter­ly (@caoimhe­but­ter­ly), an Irish hu­man rights cam­paign­er, psy­chother­a­pist, ed­u­ca­tor and film­mak­er who has spent over 20 years work­ing in hu­man­i­tar­i­an and so­cial jus­tice con­texts in Haiti, Gua­temala, Mex­i­co, Palestine, Iraq, Lebanon and with refugee com­mu­ni­ties in Eu­rope.

We are de­light­ed to have Caoimhe as our guest to share her in­sights and expe­ri­ences in ac­tivism.

Mari Kennedy

17th No­vember

Mari Kennedy

Mari Kennedy is a glob­al gath­er­er of women, an Irish Celtic Wis­dom Guide, In­tegral Fa­cil­i­ta­tor, med­i­ta­tion, men­tor, breath work and em­bod­i­ment teacher. She has been walk­ing the path of sov­er­eign­ty and self study since 2004 when the Cail­leach, the dark god­dess, up­end­ed her life and de­mand­ed she live from her Soul. Her work of­fers a path of sa­cred re­mem­brance and restora­tion for a new paradigm. Remem­ber­ing our­selves as cycli­cal be­ings, as fierce forces of na­ture; each of us an in­ter­con­nect­ed point of sov­ereign pow­er in the Cos­mos. Restor­ing the lost God­dess con­scious­ness need­ed to bring the fem­i­nine and mas­cu­line into right rela­tion­ship and sa­cred union.

She weaves an­cient es­o­teric in­dige­nous wis­dom with mod­ern sci­ence in ser vice to a more beau­ti­ful post-pa­tri­ar­chal world she be­lieves in emerg­ing through us now.

She be­lieves that we have each been born at this mo­men­tous time to wild­ly flour­ish to­geth­er as we come back into con­nec­tion with the great web of life – our bod­ies, the land, na­ture, the stars, the an­ces­tors and the de­scen­dants.

Over the past four­teen years she has cre­at­ed Next Stage Celtic Wheel, a body of work that weaves na­ture’s rhythms, mythol­o­gy, ar­chae­ol­o­gy and Celtic conscious­ness into the Celtic Wheel of the year through an evo­lu­tion­ary lens. Since 2018 she has gath­ered a com­mu­ni­ty of women from all over the plan­et on her Next Stage Celtic Wheel TRIBE, a year-long jour­ney of rit­u­al and re­mem­brance through the Celtic fes­ti­vals.

Mari Kennedy

24th No­vember

Lau­ra Mur­phy

Lau­ra Mur­phy is a poet, ac­tivist, and cul­tur­al heal­er. Her work bridges an­cient Irish wis­dom with mod­ern move­ments for peace, so­cial and en­vi­ron­men­tal jus­tice, ex plor­ing how Ire­land’s spir­i­tu­al and po­et­ic tra­di­tions can in­spire col­lec­tive heal­ing and cul­tur­al re­new­al.

Activist Toolkit

1. Start with yourself. 
Notice your actions, reactions, biases, judgements, habits, and ask yourself Why did I do, or choose, or say, or think that? Do the uncomfortable, difficult shadow work, and learn to sit with your truth and the truth of our world. This is all activism. And being in this phase can take months, years! This is difficult, yet important work, so that when you are speaking out, it isn’t coming from a place of unconscious biases. 

2. Educate yourself, continuously.
Educate yourself with the intention of becoming more responsible, not to become the expert. Read books (recommendations here), follow activists (like the women we spoke with) and listen more than you speak. Be open to learning and to growing. Check out Pals For Palestine Ireland, a community of heart-led activism advocating for the safety, human rights & liberation of Palestine. For environmental activism, check out Climate Love Ireland, a community cultivating climate action through culture and care.

3. Use your voice in ways that feel real and powerful to you.
A voice doesn’t need volume to have impact. Spark conversations about what you’re learning, what you’re beginning to understand. Share resources with friends. Start with small, safe conversations as they can build confidence, and that confidence can deepen your desire to keep learning and sharing. 

4. Take small, consistent actions.
Support local organisations. Donate when you can (money, time, skills). Sign petitions, write to representatives, vote consciously. Educate yourself. Show up physically when possible. Help your friend, or a stranger. 

5. Build Community.
Community is truly everything. The more you feel confident to speak to people about what you are learning, you will notice that you start to meet more and more likeminded people. Keep in touch with these people, check in on them, share tools and knowledge. Let your creativity flow together. See what happens!

6. Create something.
Creativity shifts culture more than we think. As words can influence, so too can creative expression. Paint, write, record, do whatever feels soothing to you. It’s important, we promise. You can always send your work to Saoró, where we can share it on our website – we’ve a blog and gallery specifically for this! 

7. Rest. (radically!)
This work can be a lot, so rest when needed. Check in on yourself continuously, not allowing yourself to get burnt out.

8. Stay gentle, yet fierce.
You can be soft and still be a force.

Share your art, writ­ing, sto­ries On our BloG

Contributions

Along­side week­ly live ses­sions (every Mon­day at 8PM GMT through­out No vember) with Michael Ryan, we in­vite you to share your own con­tri­bu­tions – art, writ­ing, sto­ries, or any cre­ative ex­pres­sion that helps ex­pand the di­a­logue. Per­haps it’s even a read­ing rec­om­men­da­tion you would like to share with the col­lec­tive. If you wish to con­tribute, please send your piece to kate@saoro.org and we will fea ture your work, your art, your thoughts on our so­cials through­out No­vember.

But ac­tivism for Saoró spreads far be­yond No­vember 2025. We are a com­pa­ny that are found­ed on heart-led lead­er­ship and ac­tivism, and so, there is no dead­line when it comes to shar­ing work with us that you feel may in­spire, em­pow­er or awak­en your neigh­bour. Feel free to share your work, and we will in­clude it in our gallery be­low.

Thank you for all that have had the brav­ery to share thus far.

Tick Tock – Joan Hardiman

A poem written by Joan Hardiman titled "Tick-Tock", contributed during Activism Month. A stark, reflective poem on humanity’s unchecked greed and self-indulgence, portraying how ego, hedonism, and short-sightedness drive environmental destruction and the erosion of future generations’ legacy.