Our Family

Our Teachers | Nuestros Maestros

  • Puma Quispe Singona

    Since being initiated by lightning at the age of 6, Puma has been on his spiritual path and mission as a Paq’o, Andean Priest. His passion is rooted in the ancestral Incan teachings and is continuing his grandfather Don Maximo’s legacy by sharing the ancient wisdom and medicine in his own unique, inspiring and heartfelt way.

    "My dream is to represent the Andean culture to the planet in ways where it’s impossible to miss the alchemic gold & treasures. My passion is for everyone to be able to use the stepping stones of our ancestral wisdom to reach the heights our ancestors dreamed of. They left a lot of portals open and a lot of treasures ready to be picked up. They knew these times were going to be very difficult, so they even left the technology, the science, and hints that make it possible for us to go through these times with ease. My passion is to present and introduce the world to these portals & mysteries – for everyone to discover themselves as powerful masters of light and global healers."

    Languages: Spanish, Quechua, English

  • Magaly Quispe Singona

    My grandfather, Papakay, taught our entire family the importance of being in communion with mother earth and the Apus.

    At 17, I was invited to participate in my first Ayahuasca ceremony with Puma and his maestro in the Amazonian jungle. It was a life changing experience from which I began my spiritual path – becoming conscious of our ancient lineage, the importance of sharing our experiences and the ancestral knowledge with our brothers and sisters around the world.

    Among the many gifts of the medicine path, I found my passion in the dream realm. Since a young age, I had a powerful connection to the spirit realm within my dreams. On this sacred path I have discovered and continue to develop an amazing alliance with Sachamama, the chief of the plant kingdom – the stories and the healing energy of the plants are infinite and inspiring.

    Languages: Spanish, Quechua, English

  • MariaElena Auccacusi Auccapuma

    At a very young age, I learned how to weave the traditional Chinchero textiles with my mother and sisters that I continue to create until this day.

    I'm proud to also be walking the path of an Andean Priestess. The lineages I carry was mainly shared from Don Maximo Singona, Papakay, and who continues to guide me from the ancestral realm.

    Pachamama and the Apus are constantly giving us the strength to cure and learn more on this beautiful path, and I'm especially passionate about bringing these powerful blessings and healing to our sisters and brothers in need.

    Languages: Spanish, Quechua

  • Nelida Vilca Huaman

    I was born with family origins from Apurimac (the Apu who speaks) and from Chumbivilcas, a lineage of warrior healers.

    I met Maestro Puma in 2010, when he began teaching and eventually initiated me in the path of Qapaq Ñan. Since then, I’ve been walking the medicine path and sharing the knowledge, ceremonies, offerings and mesa work in Chinchero.

    My specialty is working with the Ñustas, the powerful divine feminine forces of Mother Earth – I wish for all medicine women to shine proudly and brightly with Pachamama.

    Languages: Spanish, Quechua, English

  • Alfredo Huayta Singona

    When I was first aquainted with the medicine path, I didn't know how many changes it would bring to my life. I rediscovered the potential I have to transform overwhelming proccesses and bring in healing for myself and others. It was the first time that I really felt passion for my service and it brought me down a powerful road of forgiveness and self-love.

    I love working from my own experiences to guide my global family through difficult situations - to help their processes become easier to navigate for themselves.

    Languages: Spanish, Quechua, English

  • Edgar Pumayalli Huarhua

    Born above the Sacred Valley of the Incas in Chinchero, I have always felt deeply connected with the mountain spirits. I grew up as Maestro Puma's brother, living in Cusco with his family and receiving the profound wisdom of Papakay's lineage from an early age.

    My passion to share our culture prompted me to pursue a career as a tour guide, which I've proudly been doing for over 15 years. It's been a blessing to walk the temples of our ancestors and explore the medicine path left behind in every stone.

    I am excited to continue opening my heart and sharing the legacy of our ancestors with love and light.

    Languages: Spanish, Quechua, English

  • Wilfredo “Jhimmy” Huaman Cjuiro

    Since childhood, I have walked on this beautiful land of the rainbow where our ancestors the Incas once walked. My parents are farmers and, as a child, I would often go off alone to graze the animals on the mountainsides where I started cultivating a connection to Mother Earth and the Apus. My parents and grandparents also taught me to live in gratitude for everything the gods give us.

    My Andean lineage comes from many masters and years of experience; the main maestros who strengthened my spiritual path are Don Máximo Singona, (Papakay) and Puma. Other teachers who have influenced my path are Don Sebastian, of the Q'ero, and Don Edinson Panduro, a master of plant medicine. Thanks to their teachings, I’ve dedicated my path to heal and share my knowledge, where my work is helping people to find their spiritual path unconditionally. Being calm and humble, we are able to imagine, dream and learn more in this life.

    Languages: Spanish, Quechua

Our Elders

  • Mama Irene

    Mama Juana Irene Contreras Pumayalli was born in the community of Pucamarca, a district of Chinchero.

    Ever since she was a child, she was blessed with the healing gifts and was known in her community as “the little doctor”. At 7 years old, she was struck by a bolt of lightning in the presence of mount Apu Antakillka, who officially initiated her as a medicine woman and onto her healing path of Qapaq Ñan.

    These days, she is a powerful medicine woman with more than 60 years of experience of traveling and spreading the Andean wisdom. She is a master of ceremonies; healing using plants and herbs, curing babies, despachos, floral baths, oracle (tarot & coca leaf reading). Her passion is teaching and initiating youth into a beautiful life with an awakened spiritual presence.

  • Don Pedro

    Growing up as an orphan in Cusco city, Don Pedro found shelter in the ancient Inca and Pre-Inca temples of Sacsayhuaman. When he was a young boy, cosmic masters started visiting him in dream time, sharing the intricacies of the altars where he lived and reviving wisdom that has otherwise been missing since the Incas.

    In observing the astronomical cycles documented on these altars, he received timeless knowledge of how the Inca lived in constant dialogue with the constellations, the sun and the moon. He is continuously uncovering his own unique healing path, taught directly by Pachamama and from the temples he spends his days wandering, dreaming and meditating on.

    Now, officially recognized by the state as a carrier of ancient wisdom, he is part of a very select circle of medicine people allowed to conduct ceremony at sacred archaeological sites – with his house physically within Sacsayhuaman's archaeological park.
    Photo by Carl Austin Hyatt

  • Don Sebastian

    The Pampamisayoc Don Sebastian Pauccar Flores was born to the Q’eros - a community recognized by Unesco as a cultural heritage of humanity and declared by the Ministry of Culture of Cusco as the last Ayllu Inca (Inca Town).

    From a young age, he worked his family trade of agriculture, livestock and textile weaving, until at 14 he was intitiated into the medicine path by an Altomisayoc (highest level of mastery of the mesa). After receiving the teachings of the mesa and being initiated as a Pampamisayoc, he started helping his local community and developing his path of Kapaq Ñan.

    Today he has more than 30 years of experience and spreading the Andean wisdom all around the world, and frequently traveling to the USA, Spain, Mexico, and Argentina. Currently, he is living in Cusco and dedicated to spreading his knowledge and wisdom to help raise global consciousness. He is a master of ceremonies; despacho offerings, floral baths, Karpay (initiations), coca leaf readings.