Apu Ausangate — 6,384m
Keepers of the mysteries of the greatest sacred mountains: Ausangate, Sinakara, Mama Simona and Wallatani.
Our story and purpose
Why Q'ero Awki Pukara?
Q’ero Awki Pukara is born from the origin. It is not a name chosen at random, but an affirmation of identity, memory and spiritual responsibility. In the Andean worldview, Awki represents the grandfather, the wise ancestor who remains present, guiding his people. Pukara is the sacred fortress: a high place of shelter and protection. Together, Awki Pukara expresses the strength of the ancestors, where ancient knowledge is kept whole and alive. We chose the name Q’ero Awki Pukara because our path is born from the Q’ero people, an Andean nation where knowledge is not learned, but received through a calling.
It is the Pachamama, the Apus and the community who recognize those destined to guard and pass on the ancestral tradition.
This space exists to safeguard and honor what we have inherited from our spiritual grandfathers and grandmothers. It is a place of care for practices that were not created to be displayed without awareness, but to be shared with respect, depth and purpose.
The name also expresses our way of walking in the world: honoring the tradition without fragmenting it, and sharing it with clarity, ethics and truth, without losing its roots or its sacred meaning.
Association
Founded by the Champi Phacsi family
It is an association of Andean Paq'os, Priestesses and Priests from Peru. They share responsible and ethical knowledge based on the spirituality and Cosmovivencia of their people.
You can download our Declaration of Purpose, Principles and Commitment.
Download Declaration (PDF, 1.8 MB, in Spanish)Q’ero Awki Pukara is not an institution or a brand. It is a living presence, where ancestral memory, the strength of the mountain and the commitment of those who have received the mission of sustaining this legacy over time come together. Here, knowledge is passed on when the heart is ready.
Champi Phacsi lineage
The intention and mission of Q'ero Awki Pukara is to keep this knowledge alive, powerful and authentic in the hearts of those who responsibly choose to share this path in the most traditional way possible, without extras or additions that dilute its strength and power.
"Q'ero Awki Pukara" travels to different parts of the world to share the initiations and the ancestral medicinal arts, together with their children and relatives.
Passed down from generation to generation, it guides our way of living, relating and acting in harmony with life, community and nature, from the Inca worldview.
Wisdom that grows by understanding life and acting in harmony with the order of the Pacha.
Strength of the heart that guides decisions with respect, care and purpose.
Vital energy that gives life to all that exists and recognizes spirit in every form, lived and practiced by the Inkas.
Conscious work carried out as service and as a contribution to the common balance.
Reciprocity that keeps the balance between giving, receiving and giving back to life.
Lloq'e Ñusta Paq'o
Mama Pacha's path began when she was very young, but it was at the age of 10 that she was embraced by the forces of the Pachamama, an unmistakable sign that she was a chosen daughter, destined to become the last Lloq'e Ñusta Paq'o of her people. A living legend, bearer of the power of Munayllank'ai and keeper of the mysteries of the greatest sacred Apus: Usanaku, Ausangate, Sinakara, Mama Simona, Torreyoq and Wallatani.
Heir — Ñustapaq'o
Miguel Inti began his path by helping his mother, until he received his calling to become the heir to his grandparents' knowledge of a medicine believed to be lost: the magic of the Ñustapaq'o, as well as a group of Karpays unique to his family — especially that of the feminine vicuña energy and the masculine kuntur energy.
This knowledge remained outside the reach of other families because it comes from the community of Quico, far more remote and difficult to access. The power of the Khuyas — magical stones that hold mysteries — goes back to Santos Champi and Sebastiana Machacca, one of the most important altomisayoqs in Q'ero history. An art capable of weaving the web of energetic fibers of the universe of Kawsay Pacha: living energy.
