What do the Andean Masters have to do with a Nun and the CànoVa project?
Three days with the Qero Masters brought Andean spiritual and energetic practices directly to Tuscia — into the Etruscan sites, into the land we inhabit. Anna Maria and I were there together, and something we had already been sensing finally found a name.
In the ceremonies, the Masters focused us on the three human powers of the Andean tradition:
Munay — love in action: the quality of intention and presence in every act.
Yachay — deep knowledge: discernment, the wisdom that guides.
Llankay — work done well: doing with the hands, concrete building.
They don’t add up. They activate together. Separately, Munay becomes sentimentality, Yachay intellectualism, Llankay mechanical execution. Together, guided by Ayni — reciprocity — they realise the human being. This is not abstract philosophy. It is a measure. For every choice, every building site, every relationship.
In the middle of those days we met a nun. We weren’t looking for that kind of encounter. It simply happened. What she transmitted — in her presence, her words, her aura — is hard to describe without diminishing it. She was Munay in its fullest sense: love practised, not spoken about. A higher, fully realised feminine.
She reminded us of something the Masters had been saying in a different language: the type of path doesn’t matter. Secular or religious, among crowds or in solitude, Andean or Christian. Human growth — and even illumination — can surprise you at any bend in the road, as long as the path is walked in real awareness and love.
We will go back to see her. Not out of courtesy — to continue the journey.
What does this have to do with CàNoVa?
Everything. CàNoVa is not a cohousing project with a nice philosophy attached. It is an attempt — concrete, daily, imperfect — to build something in which Munay, Yachay and Llankay always activate together. Where action grows from love and knowledge, not from hurry or convenience.
These days gave us new perspectives on what we were already trying to do. And a more precise measure for understanding when we are succeeding — and when we are not.
Claudio and Anna Maria
Colgrande, June 2026