Q'ero Awki Pukara

Q'ero Awki Pukara

A Q'ero woman and man hold ceremonial textiles over a woven cloth in an Andean valley; around them fly a condor and hummingbirds, with a puma and a snake nearby.

Q'ero Nation — Cusco, Peru

Where the sky meets the earth

Guardians of Andean ancestral wisdom

Who we are

About Q'ero Awki Pukara

Q'ero Awki Pukara is born from the origin — not a name chosen at random, but an affirmation of identity, memory and spiritual responsibility.

Five members of the Q'ero community in traditional dress, standing and kneeling on a hillside, hold ceremonial textiles; behind them, snow-capped mountains.

In Andean cosmovision, Awki represents the grandfather, the wise ancestor who remains present guiding his people. Pukara is the sacred fortress: an elevated place of shelter and protection. Together, Awki Pukara expresses the strength of the ancestors, where ancient knowledge is kept whole and alive.

What we offer

  • Q'ero Ceremonies

    Rituals to improve and harmonize our relationship with the natural world.

  • Initiations or Transmissions

    A ritual that transfers the energy of the powerful spirits of nature, which in Andean cosmovision possess specific powers and blessings.

  • Sacred Journeys

    Journeys with Paqo Masters Pampamesayoq to the most sacred sites in the masters' homeland in Q'eros, the Sacred Valley of Cusco, Sacred Apus, Puno (Lake Titicaca) and Bolivia (Tiahuanaco).

  • Online Workshops

    Numerous workshops share Andean Inca philosophy from the perspective of Q'ero Paqos, including the Paqo Path or Andean Shamanic Path.

  • Capac Ñan Path

    Authentic Paqo Education + Initiations «Karpays». Walking the path of the «Inca Paqo», also known as the «Inca Path», is part of a process that requires great commitment, patience and integrity.

Mount Ausangate and its turquoise lagoons, surrounded by Andean grasslands.

Q'ero Wisdom

“Knowledge is not sought,knowledge finds youwhen the heart is ready to receive it.”
— Tayta Siwar, Lineage Guardian

Q'ero Awki Pukara Ceremonies

150 Years of Living Wisdom

The Champi Phacsi lineage has preserved the purest knowledge of Andean cosmovision: the sacred relationship with Pachamama, the dialogue with the Apus, and the ceremonies that maintain balance between the visible and invisible worlds. Today, through Q'ero Awki Pukara ceremonies, this wisdom opens to the world.

  • Andean Cosmovision

    Understand the living energy and structure of the universe according to Kawsay Pacha.

  • Practices and Rites

    Ancestral initiations, despachos and sacred fire management preserved for centuries.

  • Energetic Healing

    The path of Munay and the balance of the human energy system.

  • Illustration: a heart of light over a snow-capped mountain, with feathers and offerings in the foreground.

    Munay

    Unconditional love

    The power of the heart that connects with all creation. Love as the primordial force that unites the human being with Pachamama.

  • Illustration: a snow-capped mountain crossed by a tree of light under Andean constellations, with offerings and carved stones.

    Yachay

    Ancestral wisdom

    The sacred knowledge transmitted from generation to generation. The flame of knowing that illuminates the path of the initiated.

  • Illustration: an Andean woman weaves threads of light on a loom in front of a snow-capped mountain.

    Llank'ay

    Sacred work

    The conscious action that transforms reality. The hands as an instrument of offering and creation in the world.

Living wisdom

The Earth does not need you to save it. It needs you to remember it.

Aerial view of a turquoise lagoon in a narrow valley, beneath a snow-capped mountain, surrounded by green slopes.
Apu Ausangate · Guardian of the Andes

When you remember who you are, you also remember where you come from.

The Apus are still waiting. Pachamama continues to nourish your steps. The rivers keep singing the same song our grandparents heard.

The Qhapaq Ñan is not a path toward the mountain. It is the path back to the heart.