Our Mission
OUR MISSION
The mission is simple, to give people a safe, sacred space to stop performing.
To rest. To unravel. To listen.
To reconnect with the parts of themselves that don’t get airtime in the rush of daily life.
And to do so in a container that honors the ancient wisdom of silence and darkness as spiritual technologies and portals to the Univers within.
This is not a retreat for fixing. It’s for remembering.
This is not about transcendence. It’s about embodiment.
This is not for everyone , and that’s exactly the point.
If you’ve been craving a reset that doesn’t bypass the depth,
a space where your truth is welcome without needing to explain it, then this is the work.
And we are honored to walk it with you.
About Kamel
I’m Kamel, a somatic therapist, breathwork facilitator, and guide of deep transformational spaces. My work lives at the intersection of stillness, soul, and somatic truth. I’ve spent years walking the path of healing through breathwork, trauma integration, sound therapy, and indigenous spiritual practices across cultures. But most of what I bring to this space wasn’t learned in a classroom. It was lived, felt, and embodied through personal experience.I’m the founder of Samyay Journey and the creator of the Silence and Darkness Retreat, a space devoted to deep reconnection, nervous system restoration, and remembering who we are beneath all the noise.I’m not here to fix you.
I’m here to hold the kind of space where you remember who you are , beneath the stories, expectations, and survival patterns.
This retreat was born from a simple, radical truth.
We are not meant to be constantly stimulated.We live in a world that floods us with light, noise, and pressure to stay productive. Silence has become uncomfortable. Darkness is avoided. But within those spaces lives a quiet kind of power and a medicine most of us have forgotten.
This work is about meeting life from the inside.
It’s about giving your nervous system space to breathe.
It’s about coming home to yourself without needing to perform or prove anything.
It’s a return to being.And if that’s what you’ve been craving, I welcome you.
Mission & Vision
The mission of the Silence and Darkness Retreat is to create a space where people can step away from the constant noise of the outside world and reconnect with what’s real inside themselves. It is a space where silence is not just the absence of sound, but a doorway to deep listening. A space where darkness is not something to be feared, but a return to the womb of the earth, where the mind can soften and the body can remember its natural rhythm.
We live in a world that constantly asks us to do more, speak louder, move faster, and be available at all times. In that pace, we lose touch with our own nervous systems, with the quiet signals from our bodies, with the subtle knowing that lives beneath our thoughts. This retreat exists as a rebellion against that pace. It is a space to pause, to rest, and to meet yourself without the usual distractions. Here, we are not chasing healing. We are creating the conditions where healing naturally unfolds.
The vision is to reawaken ancient ways of being that modern life has forgotten. Silence and darkness have been used across cultures for centuries as tools for insight, clarity, and connection. This retreat honors that wisdom and brings it into a contemporary context. The goal is not transcendence or escape. It is to ground fully into the body, into the present moment, and into the truth that arises when everything external is stripped away.
We imagine a world where people no longer need to crash before they rest. Where stillness is not something earned through exhaustion, but something valued as essential. Where spaces like this exist in every community , places that don’t offer answers, but make space for people to hear their own.
This is the work. Quiet, powerful, and deeply human.
Why Samyay?
The name Samyay comes from the Quechua language, an ancient language spoken by the indigenous people of the Andes. In Quechua, “Samyay” means inhale, reset, and restore. This beautifully captures the essence of what we aim to offer through our work and experiences. We are about creating a community of like-minded individuals who share our values of authenticity, spirituality, and respect for the earth.
Whether you’re seeking a deeper connection to yourself, your spirit, or the world around you, we are here to support you on your journey.
Thank you for being part of our story
