Don Gino Chaka-Runa
Chaka-Runa: Bridging the Seen and the Unseen
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“Wisdom comes through life, carried by time — the more time, most likely, the more wisdom. Medicine comes with the wounds. You become the best healer of what you heal within yourself.” — Don Gino Chaka-Runa
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Biography
Don Gino Chaka-Runa was born into a lineage of healers. His grandfather, a Yatiri from the lineage of the Incas — the highest level of Curandero or Healer — spoke only Quechua and lived to the age of 100. He initiated Don Gino into the Shamanic path at the young age of 15 and gave him the name of Chaka-Runa, meaning The Bridge Man in Quechua. From this moment, he was introduced to the knowledge of Andean Cosmovision, Shamanism, and the use of Sacred Medicine Plants. Along his path following the Andean Ancient Shamanic Knowledge, he felt a strong call to the Amazon, where he deepened his training in Plant Medicine and Master Plants Dietas at the Munay Retreat Center in Pucallpa, Peru, under the guidance of Don José Campos. Don Gino is part of the Mestizo Maestros’ lineage, which traces its roots to Don Solon Tello, Don Guillermo Hojanama, and Don José Campos (the first two now departed). He also embraced the knowledge of the Shipibo lineage, learning their practices and Icaros. Don Gino Chaka-Runa works in the Peruvian Amazon and the Sacred Valley of the Incas, where he holds Plant Medicine and Master Plants Dietas. Don Gino an honored ambassador here at Shamans Directory.