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Dark & Silence Retreats : The YanaSamyay Journey

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Dark & Silence Retreats : The YanaSamyay Journey

November 5 - 13, 2026

Pisac, Peru

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Hosted By

Kamel S

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8 nights, 9 days

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15 person retreat

Highlights

  • The only Silence & Darkness retreat in the world , straight in the Sacred Valley of Peru

Details

YanaSamyay Retreat – Dark & Silence Retreat in Peru In Quechua, “Samyay” means inhale, reset, and restore and “Yana” means dark. It perfectly captures the essence of this retreat: a sanctuary to step away from the noise, rest the mind, and reconnect with your inner world. Here, darkness and silence become more than absence; they transform into profound tools for self-inquiry. In stillness, the mind slows down, awareness expands, and new insights arise, like a fresh breath filling your being with clarity, healing and transformation. This ancient practice, honored for centuries, invites you to pause, breathe deeply, and journey inward. The retreat is designed to awaken your full awareness through sound, touch, smell, taste, and movement, grounding you more deeply in the present moment.

Location

Pisac, Peru

Pisac is a charming town nestled in the Sacred Valley of the Incas in southeastern Peru, approximately 30 kilometers from Cusco. Surrounded by breathtaking Andean mountains, lush green valleys, and the scenic Urubamba River, Pisac is known for its rich Incan heritage, vibrant traditional markets, and peaceful atmosphere. The town is home to impressive archaeological ruins, ancient agricultural terraces, and beautiful hiking trails that offer stunning views of the surrounding landscape. Visitors can explore colorful artisan markets, experience authentic Peruvian culture, enjoy traditional cuisine, and participate in yoga, meditation, and spiritual wellness activities. With its serene natural surroundings, rich cultural traditions, and strong connection to Andean spirituality, Pisac provides an ideal setting for relaxation, self-discovery, wellness retreats, and reconnecting with nature.

Venue

Melissa Wasi

4.8 ★ 84 Reviews

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Located in the peaceful La Rinconada neighborhood, Melissa Wasi is a Pisac hotel nestled in a green haven, at the heart of the Sacred Valley of the Incas, near Cusco, Peru. Amid Andean mountains, lush gardens, and a warm atmosphere, the place offers an authentic experience for travelers seeking calm and nature. For over fifteen years, Melissa Wasi has welcomed visitors eager to discover Pisac, its famous artisan market, and its iconic archaeological site. Over time, the property has also evolved into a deeper, more intentional concept: it has become a retreat center in Pisac, while preserving its original spirit of hospitality.

Free Wifi

Free Wifi

Bicycles For Rent

Bicycles For Rent

Towels

Towels

Housekeeping

Housekeeping

Coffee / Tea

Coffee / Tea

Restaurant

Restaurant

Free Parking

Free Parking

Shower

Shower

Fireplace

Fireplace

Bathtub

Bathtub

Accommodation

Private Room with private bathroom

5 Rooms Left

Private room for 1

$2,390 USD total

Shared Room with private bathroom

2-person shared room

$2,090 USD / person

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Full accommodation Private or shared room with private bathroom 3 meals every day

Meals

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Meals provided

Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner

Diets catered

Vegetarian · Gluten-free · Dairy-free · Halal · Kosher · Nut Allergy Friendly · Diabetic Friendly · Keto Friendly · Paleo Friendly · Organic

The food is created for the entire experience through Ayurvedic food knowledge to help with a reset, also with food. We will have tasting experiences and workshops around taste, texture, and smells to enhance the experience The food is vegetarian and can be adapted to a personal diet.

Schedule

Check-in Time: 11:00 AM Check-out Time: 1:00 PM Days 1–4: Darkness Four days immersed in ancestral practices designed for deep inner exploration and sensory withdrawal. Practices include: Breath awareness Somatic meditation Sound healing Sensory walks Shamanic and fire ceremonies Stillness in nature Hand and texture workshop Yoga and embodied movement Conscious eating through the senses Shamanic breathwork Days 5–7: Emergence & Integration Light returns. Words return. You return—gently re-entering the outer world with greater awareness and presence. Integration practices include: Energy healing Temazcal ceremony Cacao ceremony Yoga Nidra Authentic relating Voice activation Despacho ceremony Please refer to the detailed program below for the sample schedule.

Testimonials

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Incredible experience! Kamel is really on to something big that can truly help this humanity in beautiful ways. I’ve worked with many spiritual practices and even have created a mystery school with the intention to bring more opportunities for people to expand perception thru healing and self-knowledge. This darkness/silence retreat did this for me… it showed me more aspects of myself in potent ways… the good, the bad and the ugly. How can we change if we don’t see the things we need to change? First we must go in… view our inner psychology. And then must bring the work, the practices, to shift the things we see that are hurting us. And in the brilliance of this retreat the practices are included. So you can transmute and transform the trauma, ego, fear, etc while intensely focused on these things… perhaps seeing some for the first time. So having breathwork and yoga and various other practices while in the dark/silence brings a new layer of true excavation and healing. I feel this sort of retreat is a beautiful alternative to plant ceremonies as well as something to enhance those experiences. It truly confirmed for me that we have everything we need within us… we just need to learn how to access it. And one great way is by going deep inside, letting go of the outside stimuli, and using movement and breath to release and transmute. It’s gentle yet potent and profound at the same time. I also would recommend this retreat for anyone and everyone… from very experienced spiritual seekers to folk just stepping on the path. Within its design one can make of it what they are ready for. I’m sending visions and prayers out that this retreat becomes more and more popular in the world… thus helping humanity in a way that truly serves us. Jump in now and be one of the first to benefit from its magic. I can’t tell you how great I felt after my experience… my energy and enthusiasm better than it had been in a long time. Super high rec!!

winn mallard, USA

Je reviens de cette retraite, il y a une semaine et je suis encore en pleine intégration. Si je ne devais dire qu’une chose : c’est une expérience profondément transformatrice. Dans le noir et le silence, tu n'as pas d'autre choix que de te laisser guider et de t'abandonner complètement. Cette reconnexion à l'instant présent est d'une intensité rare. Tout est conçu pour te ramener à ton essence et te faire réaliser à des couches profondes que nous sommes bien plus que ce que nous pensons être. L'accompagnement de Kamel et son équipe est impeccable. Ils tiennent l'espace avec une telle maîtrise que tu peux t'abandonner en toute confiance, sans masque (à part celui que tu as sur les yeux), dans ta vulnérabilité la plus totale. On se sent choyé, soutenu, challengé, mais toujours en sécurité. On se sent chez soi, en soi. Je ne veux pas en dévoiler trop, j’ai la conviction que chacun vit une expérience différente et qu’il doit la découvrir par lui-même, vivre son propre voyage. Mais, depuis mon retour, je sens les changements à des niveaux profonds et subtils : je m'affirme davantage, je pose mes limites plus fermement, j'avance avec plus de détermination et je me détache des distractions, bien plus qu'avant. Je pense que chacun devrait vivre une telle expérience au moins une fois dans sa vie. Ces espaces sont nécessaires, transformateurs de la plus belle des manières. Une parenthèse de reconnexion à soi avec des outils précieux que l'on emporte avec soi pour continuer à évoluer bien après la retraite. C'est un merveilleux cadeau à se faire à soi-même. Foncez, sans hésitation ! Merci Kamel, merci à toute l'équipe. 🙏✨

Charlotte Montel, France

De retour du Pérou au Québec ... il est simplement difficile d'expliquer ce que cette retraite que propose Kamel est de façon générale. Un homme ordinaire qui réalise l'extraordinaire. Ma 1 ère étape, Le Pérou sur ma liste de vie et un séjour pour moi avec moi en nature en toute simplicité voilà mes critères. Je n'aurais jamais réservé un voyage avec un Chaman sans garantie vous comprendrez pourquoi au jour d'aujourd'hui. Une amie proche a rencontré au Québec ,Kamel très touchée par l'homme. De là mon amie m' a partagé son offre de retraite au Pérou où il est à présent installé . Pour moi tout était aligné le programme répondait à mes besoins. Alors sachez que cela dépasse vos attentes et que tout ce que vous vivrez viendra unique de vous Kamel et ses merveilleux.ses guides vous accompagnent et vous offre paix, sérénité et sécurité éléments essentiels pour vivre cela au maximum. J'y retourne sous peu car ce lieu est enrichissant et ces individus lumineux. La structure de cette retraite est hors norme ce pourquoi chaque étape vous fait avancer vraiment dans votre cheminement. Pas d'hésitation inscrivez vous le vivre pour mieux te comprendre et en apprendre sur toi. Je voulais me reconnecter et je me suis réconciliée avec moi- même. Merci Kamel de suivre cette belle mission de vie. ✨🦋🫰

Vas Valérie, Canada

What a beautiful journey! Being immersed in stillness, away from external distractions and artificial light, allowed me to deeply reconnect with myself. The quiet and darkness quickly became powerful teachers, revealing insights and clarity that had been hidden in the noise of daily life. The gentle guidance of the facilitators and the thoughtfully prepared environment made it feel completely safe to surrender and explore the inner landscape. Each day, I found myself more present, more attuned to my senses, and more at peace with simply being. I highly recommend this experience to anyone seeking deep inner transformation and authentic self-connection.

Cristian M, Romania

I’m just coming out of 7 days silence and darkness retreat with Kamel at Yanasamyay and I cannot recommend this once in a lifetime experience enough to anyone who’s really ready to meet themselves in a deeper level, face their shadows and come out of the womb 10 times more confident and trusting in life! I’m forever grateful for this mind blowing experience which has been curated with so muuuuch care and love. I never thought that it’d be possible for me to travel to my childhood and be a free kid again for couple days, embodying this sense of trust in life and reconnecting with the light that is always inside me. Thank you Kamel for creating such transformative and healing space of deep remembrance for me.

Parastoo Partoviopen, Iran

My experience at the Dark/Silent Retreat was nothing short of miraculous …and it has, without doubt, put me on a life changing path. Kamel has assembled a stellar team of guides and practitioners (including himself) to take you deep into your inner core and shake it to its foundations -in order to rebuild it. You stay in the beautiful and serene Melissa Wasi where you are fully immersed in nature and yourself, and after 4 days in darkness you emerge to a new understanding of your true self, your challenges and your way forward. The workshops were some of the best I’ve ever attended (including yoga, meditation, sound healing, cacao ceremony, yoga hypnosis, etc) and I was never in any doubt that I was in a totally safe, experienced and fully supported environment. After a single breathing exercise with Kamel my peneal gland (third eye) opened and I had the most incredibly clear, vivid and deeply insightful visions. My other senses became more and more heightened as the retreat went on and I was able to hear minute nature noises during my garden meditations and my taste buds exploded with the daily treats we were fed -including some delicious surprises. There were, of course, many challenges over the week, as the darkness is there to provoke and test you, but once you give yourself over the benefits flood in. I found the morning bathroom experience got to be second nature after a few days, and the guides are so kind, patient and helpful that requesting help, water or bathroom trips was easy and immediate, and done with genuine care and love. I would recommend this experience to anyone seeking to know themselves fully, to see who they really are, to break through the masks we all wear and to free themselves from the ego. I left the retreat exhausted (deep insights and much to process), but with genuine insight and a clear plan to change my negative behaviors and begin the next amazing step in my life …the hard work starts now, but because of this genuine insight and self learning (no plant medicine) I know that I’m finally on my way. Thank you so much to Kamel and his amazing team. Much love and respect for all the incredible work you do.

Pete Handley, UK

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Host

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Kamel S

Písac, Pérou

Kamel is a dedicated space-holder guiding individuals on their journey of transformation and self-discovery. With a rich background rooted in the Ivory Coast of West Africa, he has traveled extensivel...

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Teaching for 4 days

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What's Included

Airport Pickup & Drop-off

7 nights accommodation

3 daily delicious and nutritious meals

Water, tea, coffee served throughout the day

Daily yoga classes

Daily meditation classes

Specialized workshops

Group excursions/activities

Professional event photos

Transportation during the retreat

Luggage storage

Parking

Wifi connection

Not Included

Airport transfers

Flights costs

Travel insurance

Visa fee Additional treatments

Additional activities not included in the itinerary

FAQs

Guest requirements

  • Warm clothing, a metal or plastic bottle, an easy access bag

Cancellation policy

The remaining balance for the retreat is due 7 days prior to the start date. If this balance is paid earlier than these 7 days, you are eligible to cancel and receive a full refund of this remaining balance, provided you do so at least 7 days before the retreat begins.