Where the future of education meets the future of work — Designed around wellness.

Behere is creating solutions for families looking for new ways to work and learn. We’re starting with outdoor enrichment services for the local homeschool community and will be expanding to offer a coworking solution so parents have a place to work and retreat while their kids are enriched.

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The future of education is here

Incredible nature-based enrichment for children.

Get the alternative education you want for you child, and give yourself the break you need. Enrichment sessions available now in Ventura County, California.

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Behere Now

We're supporting families looking for new ways to work and learn.

Starting with outdoor enrichment workshops for kids focused on learning in the wild!

Outdoor theater concept by Erika Hock. A goal for the Behere coworking location!

We love learning without walls. The best learning happens in the wild. More learning and coworking locations are in the works.

Outdoor theater Concept by Erika Hock
Behere Vision Preview

Imagine a better day

You are more present, less busy, and have all the time you need with and without your kids (if you've got them). Oh, and we make you a really nutritious lunch! Close your eyes and imagine yourself being in the future of Behere.

Behere — Where the future of work meets the future of education

Intro to Knitting Spring Day Camp

9am — Noon

Join us during spring break and introduce your children to the magic of knitting! Children who attended our Winter Knitting Day Camp will be able to build on their existing skills! We invite all new to knitting kiddos for two days of instruction to learn how to knit. We will be knitting a bunny in honor of springtime vibes.

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Reading Club

9am — Noon

For parents looking for an experienced and knowledgeable tutor for their child, look no further than Reading Club Debbie Bakman. With thirty years of experience as an academic specialist, Ms. Bakman has extensive knowledge in boosting early readers (first/second grade) to new levels of confidence and success. At Reading Club, children can benefit from individualized 30-minute sessions or group hour sessions that provide engaging and effective learning opportunities.

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Pre School in the Park

9am — Noon

Behere Pre-School in the Park is an innovative and exciting learning experience for young children! Our program was designed by former traditional educator Kelsey Lofton and provides a unique opportunity for children to explore their creativity and build essential skills. In our 6 week spring session, each week will be themed around a different animal. During this time, we will have 60 minute classes that follow the same structure: circle time, story, movement, art, and sensory engagement. The circle time will introduce the animal of the week through storytelling and discussion while simultaneously introducing the concept which will then be explored further in upcoming activities.

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Wild Hearts Spring Day Camp

9am — Noon

Wild Hearts is an outdoor nature exploration and emotional wellness day camp, designed to help children cultivate the mind-body connection. Children will have an opportunity to hike, explore, participate in physical challenges and games, climb, scale obstacles, pick flowers, spot wildlife, dig, create nature art, learn how to be present, foster mindfulness and develop breathwork techniques, learn what effects sunshine & grounding have on the body, and more! These outdoor adventures will include guided chats and activities where kids will learn how to work as a team, and begin developing Emotional Intelligence (EQ) - a crucial step in the prevention of depression, anxiety, and creating a path to a happy and fulfilled life.

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Behere Tuesdays

for Wild Reading and Emotional Intelligence enrichment

9am — Noon

There's nothing quite like Behere Tuesdays. We use outdoor adventure, stories, and project-based learning to embrace the wild in us all and capture the spirit of nature and our own relationships with it. We fuse forest school inspired experiences and emotional wellness coaching through nature-based crafts and group projects. We do our best to infuse early reading concepts through letter hunts, storytelling, and phonemic awareness exercises on the go, but the biggest thing we teach children through this workshop is how to become more self aware of their emotions, and regulate them in a healthy way. We introduce emotional regulation, mindfulness and growth mindset techniques to give children the soft skills they need to become healthy humans and strong leaders. This is a highly sensory experience where children are encouraged to play with mud, paint and feel big feelings. All of this takes place in a safe and nurturing environment, led by our talented and loving Guides. Come join us for a Behere Tuesday today!

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Behere Thursdays

for Wild Math® and Emotional Intelligence Enrichment

9am — Noon

Behere Thursdays is our Waldorf-inspired workshop guided by Mrs. Rinks, who brings a holistic math experience to the children. Math is woven into all aspects of life and Mrs. Rinks makes math come alive through whole body experiences with historical information, scientific elements, and an understanding of the natural world, using art, handwork, language, music and even physical education. If you're expecting worksheets and memorization to get your kid adding double digits asap, this isn't the workshop for you. But over time, your child can learn all the math they need to know through this beautiful method of teaching. Math is everywhere, and in this worksop we take children on a global journey into math that immerses them into the subject without them realizing it. This is a workshops that will help your children become enamored with numbers and natural math all around them with concepts that "go to sleep" and awaken years later compounding their learning well into their teens.

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Behere Tue / Thu

9am — Noon

Introducing Behere Tuesdays + Thursdays, a new way to learn to read in the wild and explore math outdoors! Using stories that capture the spirit of nature, Behere exposes children to many valuable life lessons and educational skills along the way. With Wild Math curriculums that cover the typical math skills and standards taught in each grade, Behere provides plenty of opportunities for hands-on learning, engagement of all the senses, and loads of fun movement too! What better way to learn than by exploring the natural world around us? Get outside and join the adventure with Behere Tuesdays + Thursdays!

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Think Tank for Teens

9am — Noon

Over the course of 4 weeks, this teen Think Tank group will help a local business overcome a key business challenge. The workshop is Guided by Behere Cofounder, Brooke Lawler, a corporate advertising professional turned entrepreneur, and double business owner. Brooke will take a group of teen students through a proven strategic process to help businesses gain clarity on their brand positioning and develop a plan for growth.

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Wild Hearts

9am — Noon

Wild Hearts is an outdoor nature exploration that will engage children of all ages to help them learn emotional regulation techniques and develop a growth mindset so they are better prepared to handle conflict, and internal & external stressors in life. Children will have an opportunity to hike, explore, climb, pick flowers, catch tad poles, spot wildlife, tide pool, dig, do nature art, practice stillness and presence, learn breath-work techniques, and more!

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Soccer Saturdays

9am — Noon

Behere Soccer Saturday is the perfect outdoor soccer class for young ages 3-10! Our cofounder, Matthew Lawler, will personally lead this fun and exciting session that will provide your child with essential soccer skills while they make new friends. The class is designed to teach a wide range of skills and develop an overall understanding of the game...

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Behere Guides
The wonder mothers baking our enrichment offerings

Tanya Harrison

Emotional Wellness Coach

Tanya Harrison is the mom of two children, and has been a home educator since 2017. Her strategy within her homeschooling is to incorporate the things that public schools don't; the most important one being emotional intelligence. Tanya has a Bachelors degree in Recreation & Tourism Management from California State University, Northridge, where her studies included an emphasis on early childhood play & development. She received her Meditation Teacher Diploma in 2021 from the Centre of Excellence. Tanya is a certified Calm & Colorful Coach, and in 2022, she started her private coaching business, MindMentor, to focus on teaching emotional wellness to kids & teens. In her spare time, Tanya enjoys reading, many styles of dance, yoga, and traveling.

Tiffanie Rinks

Head of Waldorf-inspired Education

Tiffanie Rinks is a seasoned and credentialed math and science k-12 educator with a Waldorf approach to education. She specializes in all levels of mathematics and science, focused on bringing innovative and fun multi-sensory approaches to learning that foster creativity, curiosity and wonder while building a positive classroom through respectful modeling and active listening. Tiffanie uses the art of observation, experience and inquiry to help students deeply understand the relationships of the concepts and relate them to the natural world.

Debbie Bakman

Tutoring Time Guide

Debbie Bakman is a highly experienced and credentialed K-5 teacher who has invested 30 years of her life in teaching 2nd and 3rd grade. After retiring, she continued to stay involved with education by working as an Academic Specialist for the Conejo Unified School District for the past 7 years. She is now delighted to be joining this Reading Club as its Tutor. Ms. Bakman loves to embark on outdoor activities such as walking her beloved dog Bella to Starbuck’s, travelling and spending quality time with family and friends. With a wealth of knowledge and expertise, Ms. Bakman will step up to deliver personalized teaching methods which include fun games, interesting fiction and non-fiction books and interesting reading passages that are sure to keep your kids entertained while learning! Ms. Bakman’s enthusiasm for her role combined with her deep professional experience is sure to provide a rewarding learning experience for our students!

Kelsey Lofton

Early Childhood Guide

Kelsey Lofton is an experienced Early Childhood Educator with an emphasis on nature and play-based learning. She combines her expertise of teaching in the traditional classroom with her know-how of leading outdoor Tinkergarten classes. She comes to us with a passion for slowing down, meeting the needs of the whole child, and guiding caregivers in becoming more intentional with their young ones. Kelsey offers an adult-child workshop that features story-telling, social skills, movement, sensory play and art experiences specifically designed for the youngest learners. She invites the caregiver to learn and play alongside their little ones and to experience the joy and wonder of childhood! In her personal time, Kelsey enjoys hiking in the beautiful Conejo Valley with her husband, Zumba, and being mom to her 13 and 10-year-old boys.

Laura Belevica

Creative Arts Guide from ConnectedKind

Laura Belevica is a Latvian multimedia artist, illustrator, designer and architect based in Los Angeles, California.  

She studied economics and business administration in Riga, Latvia and has earned a Masters of Architecture in the United States. She also studied in Finland and Japan, and spent most of the past decade living and working as an architect in Shenzhen, China.

She can juggle a wide range of concepts and mediums to communicate a narrative. Nature is the primary source of inspiration in all of her work. We're thrilled to be rethinking childrens enrichment with Laura at Behere!

Karin Burnes

Outdoor and Nature Guide

Acting as our visiting naturalist, Karin is a qualified Red Cross Lifeguard, Wilderness First Responder and swimming instructor to children and adults. Karin has worked as a backcountry guide for overnight hiking, cycling a d canoe trip for families, women’s groups and individuals.  Karin’s educational background includes Agriculture and Farming, Physical Education and Yoga Studies.  Karin spends her free time with her four children and husband in Nature.

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The people making things happen here

Behere team + advisors

We're rethinking everything together.

Brooke Lawler
cofounder

Before joining the independent working world 3 years ago, Brooke led a successful career in advertising for 13 years helping dozens of brands find their unique voice and positioning by leading diverse teams to execute strategy, branding and multi layered marketing campaigns. She worked with titans like Disney, Softbank Robotics, Sony Pictures, Apple and many telecom/ tech brands, but her absolute favorite work was and is helping small businesses and startups get going because they’re the most passionate and soulfully connected to the work. As owner and cofounder of Behere, Brooke understands this soulful connection even more and brings this passion for entrepreneurship to the program infusing elements of independent thinking, leadership and soft skills of entrepreneurship into the workshops provided.

Matthew Lawler
Cofounder

Matthew is a visionary artist and design systems thinker who has been rethinking everything since 2001. He is now bringing his multi-disciplinary design and communications talents here, to build a local and global community around rethinking everything. He has worked with leading brands — from imagining 'the future of driving' with Volvo, to establishing himself as a 'Non Fungible Artist' in the Web 3 + blockchain revolution with his Animal Style and 11:11 for Change NFT collections on Algorand.

Tanya Harrison
Emotional Wellness Coach

Tanya Harrison is the mom of two children, and has been a home educator since 2017. Her strategy within her homeschooling is to incorporate the things that public schools don't; the most important one being emotional intelligence. Tanya has a Bachelors degree in Recreation & Tourism Management from California State University, Northridge, where her studies included an emphasis on early childhood play & development. She received her Meditation Teacher Diploma in 2021 from the Centre of Excellence. Tanya is a certified Calm & Colorful Coach, and in 2022, she started her private coaching business, MindMentor, to focus on teaching emotional wellness to kids & teens. In her spare time, Tanya enjoys reading, many styles of dance, yoga, and traveling.

Tiffanie Rinks
Head of Waldorf-inspired Education

Tiffanie Rinks is a seasoned and credentialed math and science k-12 educator with a Waldorf approach to education. She specializes in all levels of mathematics and science, focused on bringing innovative and fun multi-sensory approaches to learning that foster creativity, curiosity and wonder while building a positive classroom through respectful modeling and active listening. Tiffanie uses the art of observation, experience and inquiry to help students deeply understand the relationships of the concepts and relate them to the natural world.

Jen Breedlove
Homeschool Coach

Jen is our homeschool family partner and coach. She has been homeschooling and alt-schooling her 6 kids for over 13 years, with her oldest graduating this past year. Therefore, she’s truly equipped to handle any homeschooling challenge from K-12. During her tenure as a home educator Jen has gained vast experience with different curriculums, charter programs, extracurricular activities, community college dual enrollment, and navigating learning differences (dyslexia, ADHD, processing disorder). All of this experience has greatly equipped her to consult a diverse set of families and their needs. Homeschooling has been a blessing to Jen and has allowed her to understand her children better, their needs, and tailor a custom learning plan for each child, and she can do the same for you. She has been an active leader over the years organizing field trips and mentoring many families on this journey and ready to help more families thrive in this new alternative education model.

Debbie Bakman
Tutoring Time Guide

Debbie Bakman is a highly experienced and credentialed K-5 teacher who has invested 30 years of her life in teaching 2nd and 3rd grade. After retiring, she continued to stay involved with education by working as an Academic Specialist for the Conejo Unified School District for the past 7 years. She is now delighted to be joining this Reading Club as its Tutor. Ms. Bakman loves to embark on outdoor activities such as walking her beloved dog Bella to Starbuck’s, travelling and spending quality time with family and friends. With a wealth of knowledge and expertise, Ms. Bakman will step up to deliver personalized teaching methods which include fun games, interesting fiction and non-fiction books and interesting reading passages that are sure to keep your kids entertained while learning! Ms. Bakman’s enthusiasm for her role combined with her deep professional experience is sure to provide a rewarding learning experience for our students!

Corinne Berkeley
Community + Wellness Director

Corinne is an amazonian super woman who got her undergraduate degree in Wellness and Fitness and a Masters in Performance Enhancement Injury Prevention. Through the progression of her career she broke away from the 9-5 job and ventured into independent coaching and training for the past 12 years. Through her evolution in the health and fitness industry Corinne has refined her approach to how she helps her clients through mind, body and spirit.

Taylor Hill
Web 3 Consultant

Taylor Hill is a former aircraft electronics technician, network andministrator, Ethereum miner, and Web3 Technologist & Consultant. First developing an awareness to Bitcoin in 2011, Taylor is a long term visionary & advocate for the organizational and transformational capabilities of blockchain, decentralized applications and digital identity.

Monica Leslie
Wellness Advisor

Monica is a Doctor of Physical Therapy; Movement Expert; Advanced Yoga Teacher; Ayurvedic Wellness Counselor; Bodywork practitioner; Mentor. Monica is a a journey 💫 Discovering beauty💫, and we're thrilled to be working with her on a wellness vision for Behere members.

Kelsey Lofton
Early Childhood Guide

Kelsey Lofton is an experienced Early Childhood Educator with an emphasis on nature and play-based learning. She combines her expertise of teaching in the traditional classroom with her know-how of leading outdoor Tinkergarten classes. She comes to us with a passion for slowing down, meeting the needs of the whole child, and guiding caregivers in becoming more intentional with their young ones. Kelsey offers an adult-child workshop that features story-telling, social skills, movement, sensory play and art experiences specifically designed for the youngest learners. She invites the caregiver to learn and play alongside their little ones and to experience the joy and wonder of childhood! In her personal time, Kelsey enjoys hiking in the beautiful Conejo Valley with her husband, Zumba, and being mom to her 13 and 10-year-old boys.

Laura Belevica
Creative Arts Guide from ConnectedKind

Laura Belevica is a Latvian multimedia artist, illustrator, designer and architect based in Los Angeles, California.  

She studied economics and business administration in Riga, Latvia and has earned a Masters of Architecture in the United States. She also studied in Finland and Japan, and spent most of the past decade living and working as an architect in Shenzhen, China.

She can juggle a wide range of concepts and mediums to communicate a narrative. Nature is the primary source of inspiration in all of her work. We're thrilled to be rethinking childrens enrichment with Laura at Behere!

Hilary Boynton
School of Lunch founder + Behere Advisor

founder of School of Lunch (SOL), is a mother of five who refused to accept the quality of food her children were being served during school lunch. She began a relentless mission to change the status quo, and eventually took over the lunch program at her local school in Topanga CA. She worked with local farmers and food producers to create an affordable nutrient dense meal program that was based on the foundation of ancestral ways of eating. The results were astounding. It all stemmed from what she calls a Regen-Living lifestyle, where we strive for a symbiotic relationship between our bodies and our external environment.

Charles Barth
School of Lunch cofounder + Behere Advisor

Charles (or Chuck as many of you know him), has deep roots in the local food systems. He has served on the CDFA/Farmers Market Advisory Committee and is the current head of the Slow Food Ventura County. Chuck brings a ton of energy to everything he does, and we're thrilled to have him advising with Behere.

Kelly Nicassio
Marriage and Family Therapist

Kelly Nicassio is a licensed marriage and family therapist with more than 10 years’ experience and a passion for working with children, adolescents and families. She has experience treating children and adolescents with a variety of concerns, including behavioral issues, trauma, attention disorders (ADHD), adjustment disorder, issues related to adoption, obsessive-compulsive disorder, grief, generalized anxiety, separation anxiety and depression. She believes in strengthening the relationship between parents and children in addition to helping parents manage and change undesirable behaviors. She was born and raised in Ventura County and loves supporting families in the community.

Justin Harrison
Wellness and IT Advisor

Justin Harrison is an entrepreneur, breathwork facilitator, and soon-to-be Naturopath doctor, based out of the Ventura County. He fathers two young children, Cade & Kelsey, who are homeschooled by his wife Tanya. In his spare time, Justin enjoys traveling, hiking, playing basketball, and meditating. Justin brings a wealth of knowledge to Behere that we're excited to bring to Behere members.

Karin Burnes
Outdoor and Nature Guide

Acting as our visiting naturalist, Karin is a qualified Red Cross Lifeguard, Wilderness First Responder and swimming instructor to children and adults. Karin has worked as a backcountry guide for overnight hiking, cycling a d canoe trip for families, women’s groups and individuals.  Karin’s educational background includes Agriculture and Farming, Physical Education and Yoga Studies.  Karin spends her free time with her four children and husband in Nature.