Support Santos Lucas Machacca Apaza's Q'eros Wedding

My name is Shamir Virani, and I've been spending the last few years working with indigenous tribes and wisdom keepers of South America learning ancient traditions of energy medicine, and ways of restoring balance and harmony within the self and with the natural world around me.

One of my dear teachers, Santos Lucas Machacca Apaza, has been walking the path of a Pampamesayok( Andean energy healer and ceremonalist) for 15 years, and is getting married at the end of August! He comes from a lineage of Pampamesayoks, and currently is serving a bridge between his indigenous tribe (the Q'eros) from the high Andes of Peru and the western world to spread the knowledge to more parts of the world. He speaks Quechua, Spanish, and English - a very rare combination amongst the Indigenous people of the high Andes here in Peru.

As part of practicing one of the principles of the Q'eros tradition, Ayni (sacred reciprocity), I'm creating this fundraiser to support his wedding that is taking place August 31st in Cusco, Peru. As a father of two children with his soon to be wife, any contributions go a LONG way! He will be hosting a wedding in a traditional Q'eros manner, with a gathering of close to 500 people. The estimated cost of his wedding is around $15,000.