The mission of the Awareness School is to help develop the inner life of its members.

For most of us, the inner life is a tangle of emotions, thoughts, and sensations, generated by outer stimulation and inner tendency. We think and react based on what we see and hear and what we have experienced growing up.

However, when one is lucky enough to experience a moment when the mind becomes still, we step through a doorway where a mysterious richness reveals itself. This richness is timeless and universal, and yet individual and unique.

The goal of the Awareness School is to help people step through these doorways of consciousness to find this “undiscovered treasure” within themselves.

We do this through the following:

• Courses that teach the theory and practice for cultivating awareness in one’s life.
• A membership structure that supports people in their spiritual journey, no matter their level of experience, through meditation circles, study groups, learning intensives, and personalized guidance and support.
• Intensive spiritual retreats in nature where we immerse ourselves in the practice of cultivating awareness through meditation, Gurdjieff Movements, and practical work on the land.
• Women’s Wisdom Circles, Energy Studies, and the study and practice of the 20 Count Medicine Wheel.
• Sound shamanic journeys, private sound healing sessions, and sound bowl workshops and retreats.
  

“If you are ready to transform on a cellular level, even if you’re not quite sure what that entails, there is no space on the planet I more highly recommend.”

Stephanie Parrish of Indigo Corners

"This Work has become not just something I do, but rather is in essence an expression of who I am and how I understand the world. Molly and Sean have tremendous ability and grace to help me see the opportunity to Work and how to do that in every situation I come into."

Lauren Kite, Yoga Instructor

MOLLY KNIGHT FORDE

Molly Knight Forde,  professional classical pianist, international transformation mentor, sound shaman and author leads people to personal freedom using wisdom teachings and unique awareness methods practiced out in the world, not just on the cushion. As founder of the Awareness School, she teaches the Art of Self Observation and has been facilitating global retreats, on and offline courses, women’s groups as well as one on one mentoring for over 20 years.

She is trained in Zen Buddhism, The Fourth Way Work, and shamanism. She is also a level II certified Sound Healer working with crystal alchemy bowls and shamanic sound journey.

Her greatest wish is to contribute to the New Epoch by assisting individual transformation through expanded awareness, meditation, Sacred Dance and Sacred Sound.

Her books The Abundance Mindset and Be Present: Reflections on the Way can be purchased on Amazon.

Her CDs The Art of Dance, French, and Sound Bowl Mandalas are available on amazon.com.

SEAN FORDE

Sean has spent over two decades teaching others how to explore their presence, connection to self and others and to cultivate a personal system for transformation. After spending his early adult years in the high-pressure world of finance in Switzerland, he had a longing to seek a deeper path.

After many years of travel, he found what he was looking for in the teachings of Fourth Way wisdom under the tutelage of John McPherson in Seattle and through an exploration of Sufism.

In 2007 he and lifelong partner Molly opened the Awareness School. In tandem, they lead Practical Awareness, an 8-week course in spiritual mastery through self-observation and acceptance. Through meditation, movement and a series of themes he has taught many seekers to open their hearts and minds while experiencing expansion on the physical plane.

He is currently focused on creating a permanent retreat center home for the Awareness School incorporating his passion for permaculture.