Kamel
Kamel was born in Côte d’Ivoire and raised between cultures. He now lives in Pisac, in Peru’s Sacred Valley, where he runs the Melissa Wasi retreat center and leads the YanaSamyay silence and darkness retreat and the Shamanic Breathwork Instructor Training.
His path draws on West African traditions rooted in Animism and on the Andean Q’ero tradition. He was initiated as a P’aqo by Don Francisco Apaza and Don Ricardo Apaza of the Q’ero village of Kolpa Kuchu, and studied the Quechua shamanic tradition with Green Tara College. He is also trained in clinical counselling hypnotherapy, life coaching, Reiki, breathwork and guided meditation.
His breathwork sessions combine conscious breathing with meditation, journey work, somatic work and movement for integration. He blends a grounded, practical mindset with ritual and tradition, and sees his role as holding space so each person can reconnect with who they are, rather than “fixing” anyone.
He teaches in English, French, Spanish and Arabic.
Upcoming Programs by Kamel
8 Day YanaSamyay Dark & Silence Retreat in Peru
In Quechua, “Samyay” means to inhale, reset and restore, and “Yana” means dark. YanaSamyay is a group retreat of darkness and silence held at Melissa Wasi, a garden retreat center in Pisac, in the Sacred Valley of Peru. For several days you step away from light, noise and daily obligations. With no light to look […]
10 Day Shamanic Breathwork Training in Peru
Also With Kailin Marie and Daya Nimai Das
Pranayama guides the breath. Shamanic breathwork lets it lead. This is a breathwork training through and through. You live on site at Melissa Wasi in Pisac, practise every day and learn to guide transformational breathwork with confidence, integrity and presence. You arrive deepening your own practice. You leave ready to guide. Who it’s for Yoga […]
10 Day Shamanic Breathwork Training in Peru
Also With Kailin Marie and Daya Nimai Das
Pranayama guides the breath. Shamanic breathwork lets it lead. This is a breathwork training through and through. You live on site at Melissa Wasi in Pisac, practise every day and learn to guide transformational breathwork with confidence, integrity and presence. You arrive deepening your own practice. You leave ready to guide. Who it’s for Yoga […]
8 Day YanaSamyay Dark & Silence Retreat in Peru
In Quechua, “Samyay” means to inhale, reset and restore, and “Yana” means dark. YanaSamyay is a group retreat of darkness and silence held at Melissa Wasi, a garden retreat center in Pisac, in the Sacred Valley of Peru. For several days you step away from light, noise and daily obligations. With no light to look […]
10 Day Shamanic Breathwork Training in Peru
Also With Kailin Marie and Daya Nimai Das
Pranayama guides the breath. Shamanic breathwork lets it lead. This is a breathwork training through and through. You live on site at Melissa Wasi in Pisac, practise every day and learn to guide transformational breathwork with confidence, integrity and presence. You arrive deepening your own practice. You leave ready to guide. Who it’s for Yoga […]