Our Vocation
Buho y Condor exists as a bridge between worlds: the night wisdom of the owl and the soaring heart of the condor; the sacred dance of dark and light; feminine and masculine. Our work is guided by Ayni, the divine force of reciprocity that weaves all life. This inspires us to craft and gather offerings that honor the plants, lands and lineages that teach us and preserve ancient teachings rooted in right relationship. Each creation is made with intention and reverence, welcoming others into a deeper remembering of their own connection with the natural world within and around them.
Buho y Condor rises from the meeting place of shadow and sun, intuition and vision. Our offerings carry the stories of the land, shaped by traditional pathways and a devotion to the teachings of reciprocity. Guided by Ayni, we work with care, presence and humility, honoring the plants as teachers and allies. Our vocation is not only to make, but to remember, to tend a lineage of connection and the quiet ceremony woven into everyday life.
We work directly with Indigenous communities across Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Costa Rica and beyond, cultivating relationships built on trust, respect and shared purpose. We purchase the offerings they create at ethical and mutually agreed prices, honoring the true value of their craftsmanship, their time and their ancestral knowledge. These offerings are shared through Buho & Condor, and a portion of the proceeds flows back to support land repatriation efforts so ancestral territories may be restored to the hands of those who have never forgotten how to care for them. In this way, the land remains protected from the fast-paced, disposable systems of the industrial world and continues to be tended by communities whose stewardship is woven from tradition, memory and living reciprocity.
This work is also paired with the crafting of plant remedies rooted in the ancient wisdoms; teachings carried in our bones and rekindled through our own remembering. Each creation is shaped by our connection to our Mother Earth, to Great Spirit and to the Indigenous roots that have informed these relationships since time immemorial. Our small batch remedies are made by hand, guided by tradition and by honoring the pathways opened through our study, our teachers and the living wisdom of the plants themselves.
Our plants are harvested ethically and with earth-first intention, touched, prayed to and crafted by hands of Earthkeepers and Wisdom holders devoted to our sacred planet. Some of our Indigenous offerings, such as Chacruna, act as bridge threads that weave cultures together, carrying songs and stories born from spirit and soil, held with devotion by those who create them.
At Buho y Condor, we have answered the call to a soul purpose to help birth a river of returned gratitude where support can be channeled back to our Mother Earth. We serve as the banks of that river, guiding this sacred energy back to the hands of those who tend the land with their souls and who remain rooted in the true meaning of stewardship. We believe that supporting Indigenous communities in reclaiming ancestral lands is a core taproot in the reawakening of our earth and all her relations. Through this remembrance, we return to the essence of being Rooted in Ayni.
Who we are
Marguerite
Co-owner, Medicine Mother, Earthkeeper
Marguerite is a co-owner of Buho y Condor and a lifelong student of the natural world whose path is guided by reverence, lived relationship and deep listening to the Earth. Rooted in a childhood of wild tending and shaped by profound personal initiation, her return to the plants became both a healing journey and a calling into service. Her life’s work has long been intertwined with children, guiding and nurturing young ones in close relationship with the land, and she is a devoted mother to three children who continue to deepen her practice of presence and care. She works in intimate relationship with plant allies and ancestral wisdom, crafting remedies as sacred co-creations, and as a bridge between worlds she is devoted to remembrance, reciprocity and the quiet ceremony woven into everyday life.
Co-owner, Steward of Weavers, Song Carrier
Karlito
Karlitos is a co-owner of Buho y Condor whose vocation is rooted in humility, listening and right relationship with the weavers of the Apus in Pacchanta, Peru at the base of Apu Ausangate. Through years of walking these mountains by permission, he collaborates with master weavers and community leaders to support the continuation of ancestral textile traditions without imposing outside narratives or savior stories. His work is guided by reverence for the mamita weavers who weave prayers into cloth, honoring weaving as devotion, lineage and living ceremony. He is also a devoted and loving father, carrying these teachings of care, patience and stewardship into his family life. As a bridge between worlds, Karlitos is devoted to learning these stories with care and sharing them with integrity so that reciprocity, memory and stewardship may continue to live on through the hands of those who have never forgotten.