Wiraqocha Foundation

Our Ñust'a Paqo team consists of Doña Augustina (the widow of Don Mariano Apaza) Doña Monica (the grand niece of Don Manuel Q'espi and wife of Juan Apaza) Doña Rosa (wife of Don Ricardo Apaza) and Doña Marcusa (daughter-in-law of Doña Bernardina & Don Humberto) she was...

Aloha worldwide Paqos and Friends...

I am so excited to announce my next book project – unlike anything I've written before – and to share some great news about the kids in our Q'ero Kids Education Project.

SHE is the first book in my new MotherWorld series – an epic...

I first encountered and understood the Ñust’as as female nature beings during the Hatun Qarpay, meaning ‘Great Initiation’ of the Inka. This ten-day Initiation Ceremony recovered by Peruvian anthropologist Juan Nuñez del Prado (the veritable Joseph Campbell of the Ande...

There is no denying that the mysterious allure of Peru, Macchu Pikchu, the Inkas and the “shamanism” of the Q’ero Indians of Peru—modern lineal descendants of the Inka—has been magnetizing people from around the globe for the last twenty years.  As westerners, we know...

In the heart of K`au, largest district of the Big Island of Hawaii, you will find two special mountains nestled in the folds of Mother Mauna Loa, the largest mountain on Earth.

Maka Na`ao is a green flattop whose name means “eye of the belly center,” or what we would ca...

In 1988 my journey of reconnection to my ancestral roots in the sacredness of Nature took an interesting and much needed turn to the South. After leaving behind a PhD in clinical psychology at 29 years-old to travel to South America on a wild and esoteric adventure, I...

This precious body is our garment, clothing for the soul.

We must care for this preciousness with all our love

Would you be afraid if someone took your sock?

Your shoe?

Your pants?

If they took all your clothes you would still be here

Naked…but here…until your drop returns...