Blair Douglas

Blair currently serves as the Trainings Coordinator for the Maria Alive School of Yoga Therapy, where she supports hundreds of students in Maria Shamas’ Functional Yoga Therapy programs—guiding them through advanced studies, coordinating program logistics, and helping future yoga therapists step confidently into their new careers.

She is also a mentor with the Inner Peace School of Yoga Therapy, where she works closely with students on their certification path, providing guidance, mentorship, and heartfelt support as they grow into confident and compassionate yoga therapists.

In addition to her teaching and mentoring work, Blair is a Pain Care Aware trainer, proud to collaborate with founders Neil and Lisa Pearson and the entire PCA family, helping yoga teachers and therapists learn to integrate pain science with compassion-centered movement.

Education & Specializations

Blair fell in love with yoga in 2009 while studying photography in college. She went on to earn her BFA in Photography from Metropolitan State University of Denver in 2013, completed her 200-hour Vinyasa training with Kindness Yoga in 2014, and her 300-hour advanced training the following year.

Since then, Blair has completed over 1,300 hours of yoga-based education, including deep studies in Yin, Restorative, Nidra, and Functional Yoga Therapy. In 2022, she graduated from the Inner Peace Yoga Therapy 800-hour program, officially earning her certification as a C-IAYT Yoga Therapist.

Her specialization lies in yoga therapy for chronic pain and functional mobility, often working with clients living with neurological conditions or rebuilding strength after injury. Blair’s approach is collaborative—she works alongside clients’ physical therapists, psychotherapists, acupuncturists, and medical specialists to create a personalized, integrative care plan that meets each client exactly where they are.

Whether meeting in person or virtually, every session is uniquely adapted to how her clients feel that day and aligned with their ongoing goals. Many of her clients meet with her over Zoom, allowing her to connect with students and clients across the U.S. and Canada.

Creative Roots & Growing Passions

In 2025, Blair became a Colorado Master Gardener, deepening her lifelong passion for plants, design, and ecological connection. She can often be found working in gardens across Denver during the summer—supporting local community projects, sharing knowledge, and nurturing her belief that tending to plants can be as healing as tending to the self.

Her background in art and design continues to flourish through photography, interior design, and biophilic curation. These passions have come together in her newest creative venture—B&B Botanic Houses—a growing collection of artist-curated, nature-inspired short-term rentals in Colorado and Arizona.

Each house is designed as a living, breathing art experience, blending her love of botany, art, and therapeutic design to create spaces that feel both imaginative and restorative. Guests are invited to explore, rest, and reconnect—discovering beauty in textures, light, and living things.

✨ The first of the B&B Botanic Houses will begin opening in the winter of 2025 and 2026—a series of surprise pop-up experiences that the community is already buzzing about. Every detail has been curated with heart and soul, offering guests a chance to step into spaces designed to heal, inspire, and delight.

Life Between the Lines

When she’s not teaching or designing, Blair can be found hiking desert trails, photographing native flora, gardening, or experimenting in the kitchen. She’s a lifelong learner and traveler—known to plan an entire trip around a yoga training, an art exhibit, or a rare cactus bloom.

Connect

Blair offers private yoga therapy sessions, mentorship, and creative consultations virtually and in person.
In Denver: late spring through early fall
In Tucson: winter and early spring

📧 blair@malachiteyoga.com

🌿 Free 15-minute consultation available upon request.