BEHOLDEN

develop practices that heal and restore

BEHOLDEN offers:

courses, workshops, trainings, and Retreats

our pillars are:

Land, Ancestors, Accountability

  • BEHOLDEN works amidst ancestors, land, and accountability as three integrated spaces by which to generate healing and action. And since there is no land, water, or life escaping impact, BEHOLDEN works inter-locally, across regions, continents and oceans, with the belief that where nations create borders, land creates connections. Nature creates niches and ecosystems that permeate into one another and are inter-dependent at micro to macro scales. BEHOLDEN seeks explorations held by land and the earth and the residents living there no matter the distance between. Each BEHOLDEN offering wonders aloud with participants about our current life, our inheritances, and what we can offer to those coming after us.

“Every one of us can make a contribution. And quite often we are looking for the big things and forget that, wherever we are, we can make a contribution. Sometimes I tell myself, I may only be planting a tree here, but just imagine what's happening if there are billions of people out there doing something. Just imagine the power of what we can do.” — Wangari Maathai

EXPLORE OUR OFFERINGS

“Most of the time, we talk about the dead.

Most of the time, we ought to talk to them.” - Noël

NeuroAffective Relational Model (NARM) Level 2 Certified

TWT Certified

JARED ANDERSON, B.A. 

Ifá Priest (Babaláwo), ritual specialist

Restorative Justice Consultant

NOËL AMHERD, M.A., Ph.D.

  • “Taking your class has given me something more than just units in return. I have actually taken something away that will help me the rest of my life.”

    • Nick, former student

  • “Being in this class, I have learned such a vital skill. …I’ve learned the ability to truly think outside the box. …Thank you Dr. Amherd, thank you for this wonderful class.”

    • Raquel, former student