At Kind Moon, we hold a commitment to authenticity and integration as explored by founder, Rob Douglas. With expertise as a certified coach and ceremony facilitator, Rob holds spaces for personal and collective exploration. Kind Moon’s practices are woven with the threads of shared experiences, held intentions, and mindful awareness built around the pillars of safety, trust, and rest.
About Kind Moon
Rob Douglas
Rob Douglas is a certified transformational and integration coach, with relevant training in trauma-informed coaching, psychedelic ethics, Internal Family Systems informed psychedelic-assisted therapy, somatics, and mindfulness practices. He is committed to service through honoring the sacredness and sovereignty of individuals, as held within the greater collective. Though the practices of Kind Moon, Rob serves as transformational and integration coach, ceremony facilitator, and holder of restful spaces.
Born in Richmond, Virginia, his journey included residing in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Montana, Nairobi, New York City, Hawaiʻi, and nomadically throughout the world (with notable, extended times held in Nepal, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand, Bulgaria, and Italy—amidst many other journeys along the way). In 2019, his love and partner in life, Molly, and he returned to Virginia to pursue their transformative practices and live amidst a loving community, alongside a magical hound named Zadie.
Rob served in individual and group facilitation for over fifteen years, holding spaces of ceremony, mindfulness practices, and community connection. He lived within intentional spiritual communities both domestically and abroad; studied religious identity and narrative within the higher education framework; worked globally as a storyteller and filmmaker; and held professional leadership positions across fields of media, educational research, environmental advocacy, and technology. Throughout, his focus has been on supporting others, both grounding inward and expanding beyond, as they explore greater awareness and daily practices of deepened engagement with self.
Rob’s current offerings focus on the pillars of safety, trust, and rest. You can read more of explorations and ideas through Kind Moon’s Substack.
STUDIES & CERTIFICATIONS
B.A., Religious Studies (University of Virginia)
Certified Transformational & Psychedelic Integration Coach (Being True To You)
Trauma-Informed Certificate for Coaches (The Centre for Healing)
The Art of Transformation - IFS Informed Psychedelic Assisted Therapy (The Moxie School)
Ethical Psychedelic Care (The Synthesis Institute)
IN PROGRESS - Mindfulness Mentor Training Certificate Program (Banyan)
Additional Technical Certifications
SAFe POPM (SAFe® - Scaled Agile)
Salesforce Administrator and Platform App Builder (Salesforce)
PSM1 (Scrum.org)
PAST SUPPORTIVE OFFERINGS
Founder/facilitator of Centering Community
Founder/facilitator of Live Well and January Wellness initiatives
Co-created/operator of Session Tea
Speaker/Lecturer/Moderator: 'Threshold' Documentary Premier, MCC Education Series, Off the Record Maui, Maui Non-Profit Notes, Tom Tom Founders Festival, Virginia Film Festival, University of Virginia Creative Careers Series, UVA College Foundation Career Forum, and ‘Beyond Walls’ Arts Symposium.