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.