Exploring the Enneagram through Art (final) Peacemakers, optimists, reconcilers, comforters are all Signatures of this gentle type, Their basic desire is to maintain inner stability and peace of mind but fear loss and separation and translate their inner harmony to those around them. Nines believe that they are okay when those around them are okay. Because it is impossible to meet everybody’s needs to create perfect harmony, Nines often numb out by denial, creating a fantasy world or adjusting to whatever life and others present to them. They avoid conflict at all costs and may come across as being emotionally distant or lazy. Being out of touch with what it is that they really want they are not self- assertive and may live life vicariously through others. Their essence emerges through engaging with life and experiencing that they have something important to contribute. They become dynamic joyful people, working for peace and healing their world. The laid-back , almos...
The Restory is a Retreat Centre nestled against Tafelkop, a singular mountain head near Wakkerstroom, South Africa. Here we live a simple life as contemplatives. It is a place of re-connection: with ourselves, people, Nature, Silence and Creativity. Our retreats are aimed at this. Our conversations, writing and art centre around the univocity of life. We need a place that reminds us that we are all one. The Restory hopes to be such a place and space.