Fascinating presentation on NLP and the meaning of life at Avicenna last Monday.

Thank you again for a great day, a special contemplation day. I think you are funny (ironic, down-to-earth) and I enjoy it.

Two simple statements from you about dealing with the past, touched me so deeply. I have picked them up and often share them with others. From my heart, Miek, thank you...

Miek, we want to thank you for the lovely evening you gave us. The responses were overwhelmingly enthusiastic and warm. You are a very special person.

Dear Miek, what a joy to be with you, Julia and the group these days. I am still enjoying it so intensely and become happy, warm and grateful within to have experienced this. You have given me much and I am taking it along. To follow the heart, the captain and the user, to use intellect.

Miek’s books about the silence touched me enormously. I have then experienced how beneficial it is to get in touch with my inner silence through external silence in a four-day retreat. This gives peace, which is precious and indispensable in our world full of stimuli.

Silence, looked for and found in the contemplation days of Miek

I enjoyed the contemplation week in May 2009, and notice that after my first morning at work, I am in good mood, calm and refreshing in harmony!!! I am looking forward to sitting down again when the birds herald the night!!! Many thanks for you, Miek, and thank you for the way you consistently made us silent and took us through your own hermit cell days, pleasantly subdued. Now it is up to me with your stimulating books as a beacon, especially when things are down. Miek, it feels like you said, "silence is waiting for you." Once we taste it for days in a row... it is more than purifying. And what is important in life, gets a whole different meaning, content, colour, smell and taste. I look forward to your 3rd book.

I want to thank you very much for a wonderful (contemplation) week, by which I now experience a peace and also joy to be alone, which is very special.

Thanks for yesterday’s clear talk. The guidelines you have given me for training how to manage my body and to control my emotions and to FEEL, feel appropriate and natural. Thanks again for yesterday’s enlightening talk.

A great meeting in our library of Vorselaar. Never before have we had so much love as that night. You touch in a subtle way, so softly, so tangibly beautiful. What you do, is wonderful, I am grateful and oh so happy that you exist!

It is now almost 2 weeks since the contemplation weekend with you in Huissen and I wanted to share with you what a huge impact it has had on me and that it has been an unforgettable experience. The silence can take an ever growing place in my life. I have never in my life felt that everything was so right, that I was at the right time, in the right place, with the right people...

Miek touches you without touching you. Her presence, smile and silence are often more than enough. And yet, her laughter and our little talks are pleasant and never drain any energy. Miek was an assistant to Eric Schneider during my two years of NLP training at Arcturus.

I, personally, have experienced our meeting as very fine. In everything you told me there was recognition for me and above all about the Silence and how it draws you, calls you. This is also very strong in me, although, in terms of intensity it goes up and down, but always present. My classmates were happy with your presence as well. It was obvious from the many questions that were asked.

Miek Pot has an aura and a capital that she will never lose. This is her 12 years of hermit life. This is what I greatly admire in her, and exactly why I like rereading her texts. She has now – in an intelligible way for me - translated the enneagram in a nutshell. That was enlightening for me.

Thanks for your beautiful lecture. You give so much because you're connected. Together with your earthly sense you "translate" your story into simplicity. The connectedness you give and live is very special.

I am extremely grateful to have met you - at the right time for me. I cannot put into words what is happening, but it is a fact that you've managed to inspire me! Again, from the bottom of my heart, thank you very much!!

This week it is a year ago that I had you make me an enneagram. I have experienced really impressive events in the following year, again, as it were: a little less intense, but still. You ‘have returned’ as well this week. I am happy that you have made me understand more about myself. I hope that you are doing fine personally as well and that you may be an instrument of clarification for many people.

It was wholesome, the silence!! This will get me going for a long time. Thank you again for your inspiration and I look back on a beautiful encounter!

Very many thanks for your loving attention and presence at the contemplation days. It has been a great experience for me, although it was heavy and difficult as well. Life goes on... but with a bigger smile on my face, the peace and quiet in my head, trust and love in my heart and a clear understanding in my soul. Miek Pot, thank you for providing the silence!

After a day of contemplation: "A lovely atmosphere. Miek only needs to be present, and it happens. ‘Less is more’ became real".

"Miek, the four day contemplation has been the start of something very beautiful for the rest of my life. For the first time, I have experienced an intense feeling of unification with the others, the world and myself. I still feel a desire to BE in this peace and quiet daily, because I really enjoy it. Your voice, which led me then, is my anchor now. I am very grateful that you have led me to this insight."

"I regularly sit on my meditation bench, sometimes I succeed better than other times. When I succeed (usually at night) I get a grateful good feeling, words cannot describe. Thanks to you that I have begun to do this".

"Coming home to yourself, to your deepest self. Not wanting, desiring, expecting, hoping, enforcing, only being. Loving the silence. You see no result. You see nothing but you know, and then that basic confidence in Life itself is there again".

"It is obvious that Miek has a very strong conviction and value I do not have. That is her conviction and I have mine. I am not adopting her conviction, but it interests me, it intrigues me".

"The reason why Miek attracted me is that she is such a normal person, and at the same time very special. She has lived life, studied, partied, undertaken a lot. Well-dressed, bright, vivacious, in the middle of the life. And at the same time a basic peace, a wisdom and understanding after her courage to choose her own path and a very different side of standard life. In Miek I have found a sparring partner who supports me to clarify my head and heart matters. My Enneagramme and birth horoscope person typing have given me many ideas in a sober way. Miek is passionate in her job and has a warm, cordial and yet direct way to coach. Thank you for this!".

"On the road to my destination. To become one with the change that I want to achieve. To stick to my own principles. The feeling of coming home. Miek, thank you for your inspiration!".

"You took the floor in an experienced manner, without any problems, and led us through your acquired knowledge. It was exciting to hear your experiences. You are not only a good writer, you're also a good storyteller".... you briefly told us about many relations (between NLP and Enneagram) and applications. We can use NLP to get more out of Enneagram, this was your message".

"The Enneagram workshop which Miek Pot gave in our office in Eindhoven appealed to my outplacement clients very much. In particular, the recognition and acceptance of one’s own personality helped to create space for new career steps. Moreover, a greater understanding of the sometimes difficult relationship with other "personalities" in the previous work team appeared. Lightness and humour also did their work. Thanks Miek".

"I am extremely happy to have met you, and I go home being satisfied every time. The positive things, the realistic things, that you give people, it is fantastic."

"II have finally arrived on my basis. I have found solid ground under my feet. An energy source, a strength I can always rely on. All this gives me a great grateful feeling. My deepest inner adventure has only just begun. Thank you very much, Miek!!

"Upon reading the appealing book by Miek Pot "To the Heart of my Soul" I quickly decided to participate in the 2-day contemplation training in Loppem (near Bruges). In a simple and clear way we were led – by means of our own focus - into the silence and to the place where everyone can come, what really is: TO BE. To bring the subconscious in touch with everyday life. Being at home with yourself, experiencing God and finding an unspeakable joy and peace. At home I try to maintain this structure (discipline) and I feel wonderfully well. "The Lord is my shepherd".

"The introduction in NLP was extremely enlightening. Miek understands the art to bring concepts and theoretical frameworks to life and also as a student you will be struck by her bright, light and 'down-to-earth' approach. Also in the meditation training that I could attend Miek remains who she is, a seasoned trainer with a spring smile. What appealed to me the most is her way of bringing everything back to the essence and the simplicity and especially that I am free and have the space to go my own way."

"Interesting, clear and presented clearly".

"It is good for a technical company to view the organisation and its people in a different light. Thanks to this workshop, the qualities and pitfalls of people have become clear and this has led to better communication in our management team".

"Very pleasant style and very competent, an exciting day."

"I thought it was fun to do, I understand more about my pitfalls and the direction that I should go. And, it has helped me to understand people around me better, without putting them in a box by the way".

"I was really fascinated by that first practice session around the Enneagram. The special feature of your approach is that you develop an understanding of the various Enneagram types from our (not from your) experience, which meant that I discovered it naturally. The mix of personal assignments and group discussion was very welcome. And your clear notes are still a useful support. I am really looking forward to what the second study day will teach us!"

"The lecture was very enlightening in terms of assessing someone's character, which is important for hiring people".

"The Enneagram made me meet myself again. It helped me to discover my mission, the reason why I am here."