FROM ISOLATION TO CONNECTION
It is designed for individuals who are ready to advance -personally and professionally- through conscious evolution. It is not a course. It is a community. It’s a living collective intelligence that evolves, breathes, and grows through curated journeys, thematic cycles, intimate groups, and physical gatherings.
Its physical home is Perma Serifos. It’s philosophical foundation is the Perma Philosophy.
Each cycle culminates in a 5-day retreat at Perma Serifos, an environment intentionally designed for embodiment, providing support, openness, meaningful dialogue and esoteric revelation.
We create a number of thematic cycles each year, designed around our members’ evolving needs and life-stages, with topics ranging widely, from self-worth and boundaries, leadership, longevity and sustainable well-being.
- Weekly or bi-weekly online sessions.
- Focused theme for each cycle, group-needs specific.
- A research-based, scientific approach with measurable tools and strengths-based methodologies.
- Experiential sessions.
- Targeted interventions and guided reflection prompts
- A retreat experience aligned with the group’s central theme.
THE CIRCLE FUNCTIONS AS A LIVING LABORATORY FOR PERSONAL EVOLUTION. A SAFE SPACE, BUILT IN CONFIDENTIALITY AND TRUST WHERE MEMBERS:
- Relate and reflect meaningfully.
- Identify patterns that hinder progress.
- Explore self-worth and boundaries.
- Strengthen emotional resilience.
- Navigate life transitions.
- Practice empathy.
- Build accountability.
- Grow consciously, personally and professionally.
THROUGH DEEP, FACILITATED CONVERSATIONS CENTERED ON A SPECIFIC THEME EACH CYCLE, MEMBERS EXPERIENCE:
- Perspective shifts.
- Emotional openings.
- Shared realizations.
- Mutual validation.
- Collective growth.
We activate the power of community to support you systemically, as the collective functions as a mirror, accelerating insight, clarity, and accountability.
In their own words from the first gathering
January – May 2026
CLEARING THE NOISE
Perma Circle helps clear mental clutter and social noise.
WE OPERATE THROUGH THE LENS OF THE PERMA MODEL, DEVELOPED BY MARTIN SELIGMAN, WHICH IDENTIFIES FIVE CORE ELEMENTS OF HUMAN FLOURISHING:
- Positive emotion.
- Engagement.
- Relationships.
- Meaning.
- Accomplishment.
OUTCOMES:
- Heightened clarity around your next personal or professional direction.
- Stronger decision-making ability.
- Deepened self-awareness of specific strengths and blind spots.
- Networking with peers of similar level .
- Membership in a trusted circle and supportive, evolving community.
- A clear roadmap for your next 6-12 months.
- 5 days at Perma Serifos.
PERMA CIRCLE CAN ALSO BE ADAPTED FOR ORGANIZATIONS SEEKING TO:
- Improve employee well-being.
- Enhance performance via meaningful change.
- Increase engagement and human interaction between employees.
- Encourage responsibility and purpose-driven leadership.
PERMA CIRCLE IS BEST SUITED FOR:
- Professionals
- Leaders
- Creatives
- Entrepreneurs
- Corporations
Especially those in a phase of transition, maturation, recalibration, or reinvention, who wish to share this pivotal stage of life with others, walking a parallel path. This is conscious personal and professional evolution.
ABOUT THE FACILITATOR
Michalis Manassakis is the owner and the person behind Perma Serifos, shaping its vision as a place where personal evolution, conscious community, and meaningful living converge.
For many years, Michalis Manassakis built his career within demanding corporate environments, holding international roles, while simultaneously being on a quest for the pursuit of personal freedom, self-awareness and internal accomplishment.
This journey led him to postgraduate studies in psychology and professional accreditation as a Senior Practitioner by EMCC, as the natural continuation of his exploration into meaning, inner life advancement and how the way we live, work and interact can upgrade our human experience.
