About Rise and Bloom
Rise & Bloom is a pioneering urban retreat for individuals who want to work meaningfully on themselves and consciously redesign their professional and personal path. It combines self-awareness, self-leadership, and personal branding with experiential learning that turns thought into action.
The retreat is designed for individuals seeking substantial growth and conscious action, who want to understand themselves more deeply, clarify their priorities, and redesign their life and career with clarity and confidence. It is not just another workshop. It is an entry into an exclusive community of highly intentional individuals, where personal development becomes a collective strength, supported within a safe and inspiring environment.
Participating in Rise & Bloom means becoming part of a community that inspires you to live intentionally and consciously every single day.
Who is it for
Participating in Rise & Bloom means becoming a member of a highly intentional community of people who recognize the power of self-awareness and conscious growth. A community that inspires you to live your best life every single day.
clarify their priorities, and redesign their life and career with clarity and confidence.
It is for those who value quality, small groups, and a personalized experience.
It is not just another workshop; it is an entry into an exclusive community, where personal development becomes a collective strength, supported within a safe and inspiring environment.
Why choose to participate
A small, handpicked group (7-12 participants)
Depth, structure, and professional tools
Experiential learning that truly resonates with body and memory
An urban retreat that allows you to remain connected to your real life
The Journey
Who am I – What do I want – What can I control
You will clarify your values, priorities, and internal points of reference.
Following the morning workshop, there will be a terrarium-making seminar, where you will creatively express the elements that ground and define you.
Meaning, direction, choices
You will translate self-awareness into conscious life and career planning.
In the afternoon, a ceramics workshop serves as a practical exercise in intention, form, and personal creation.
What is holding me back – How do I manage it
You will work through fears, obstacles, and internal resistance.
Followed by a breathing techniques session for anxiety regulation and enhancing inner stability.
The professional image I choose
You build your new narrative: how you introduce yourself, how you appear, how you are perceived.
The retreat concludes with a mosaic workshop, as an affirmation of your new path.
Empowerment & Leadership for Teams
The Rise & Bloom Urban Retreat is also offered as a comprehensive, customized program for companies and organizations wishing to invest meaningfully in the development of their people, enhancing self-awareness, resilience, and leadership skills through a high-quality experiential journey.
Who we are
Maria Gianniou, PhD
Leadership Coach • Corporate Trainer • Author
Maria is the founder of “Lead From Within”, a hub for personal and professional development. Holding a PhD from the Sorbonne, she made a conscious shift from academic research to coaching, focusing on empowering people. She is the co-founder of the organization Women Act and the author of the book “Self-Leadership” (Αυτοηγεσία), providing the tools to help us become leaders in our personal and professional lives.
Vicky Charitou, MSc
Master Coach (EMCC) • Career Consultant • CORPORATE TRAINER
Vicky has years of experience in the fields of HR and Adult Education, specializing in Career Coaching and NLP. Having redesigned her own career after years in the banking sector, she knows how to support people in stepping out of their comfort zones. Her goal is to help professionals find satisfaction, fulfillment, and meaningful growth in their everyday lives.
Our Guest Facilitators
Alternative Planting Techniques
In this seminar, we will learn how to properly set up a terrarium. Terrariums are plant ecosystems inside glass containers. We will choose a glass container we like and add the appropriate layers of soil so the plants we pot will grow properly. It is an activity that combines creativity and connection with natural elements.
Visual Artist
In this workshop, using sculpture as a means of expression and communication, my aim is to create forms that describe us, speaking to the way we experience balance, harmony, and beauty. Compositions within which everyone can find a piece of their emotion, a piece of themselves.
Certified Yoga & Breathwork Instructor
Our goal is to connect and harmonize with our breath while “releasing” it. To tune into our needs, focusing on releasing emotional tension and stress. Let us dedicate this given time to highlight the tool of Conscious Connected Breathing, gifting ourselves moments of personal exploration that may lead to something new.
Modern Mosaic Artist
The experience begins with a brief overview of the history and evolution of mosaic art. Next, participants select and trace a design of their choice, proceeding to study color combinations. Under our guidance, they will have the opportunity to experiment with cutting tesserae and craft their own unique piece, which they will take with them upon completing the experience.

Wine Stories & Culture Alignment Facilitator
Through an experiential wine-tasting journey, participants discover how the world of wine can serve as a bridge for connection and communication with oneself and others. Guided by storytelling, the values hidden behind every label, and the symbolic power of choice, this experience opens up space for discussion, reflection, and team alignment. Our goal is to uncork together exciting “bottles of inspiration & cohesion”!
The Venue
(Acropolis Metro Station)
A comfortable space specially designed for hosting interactive and experiential training sessions, situated in an excellent location just beneath the Acropolis rock and a stone’s throw from the metro!

