The Qhapaq Ñan of the Emotions in Therapeutic Pedagogy

Abstract

From my professional experience as therapist in Cusco (Perú) for over twenty years, the Qhapaq Ñan, or main path of the Inca Empire, arises as a metaphor leading to focus on the important weight of emotions in the practice of Therapeutic Pedagogy.

After a brief conceptual approach to Salovey and Mayer´s emotional intelligence model, five paths or strategies are proposed from the   therapeutic point of view: gaming, story telling, drawing, controlled breathing and meditation, and reflective dialogue.