About
               Chaka
                             Schipper

Nicolas Chaka Schipper Pérez is devoted to supporting people remember who they are beneath the layers of noise conditioning and survival. His work focuses on freeing individuals from the concerns and narratives that keep them disconnected from their truth so they can return to a life that feels real grounded and meaningful.

 

His work begins from a simple truth that no human being is wrong and that every person carries an ancient capacity to feel to heal and to rediscover meaning. Through Vidaya Community and Journeys and through ARPI he guides those who are ready to return to themselves regain their energy and reconnect with life in an honest grounded and deeply human way.

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Many know him as the drummer and keeper of resonance with the ancestral Scandinavian group Heilung yet his path began long before music. Born in the Andean mountains of Ecuador on Kitu Kara and Kichwa lands with roots extending into Wallmapu and across Basque and Gaelic territories he carries a woven heritage that reminds us of something essential. Long before flags and borders there was a time when humans cared for one another and lived in remembrance of a shared origin. Since 5.523 he has made Denmark his home.

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For over fifteen years Chaka has learned alongside elders teachers and knowledge keepers in Ecuador and around the world integrating ancient understanding with modern awareness. These teachings transformed his own life before becoming the foundation of his work with others and his practice remains grounded in respect curiosity and relationship with everything around him.

Arriving in Europe opened a new chapter. It pushed him to face himself without the familiar landscapes of home and to meet the parts of him he had avoided. In that distance rhythm stillness breath and the natural elements became daily tools of inquiry rather than ideas. This long process eventually gave birth to ARPI a living practice shaped by experience not theory created to help people understand themselves and stand in their truth each day while remembering that we are part of the whole.

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ARPI supports people unlearn the stories that keep them small return to their bodies and reconnect with the human essence that exists beyond culture identity and noise.

Chaka continues to learn study and walk as an eternal apprentice of life. His mission is simple and powerful to help people return to their truth their rhythm their root and their purpose.