Living/Dying Project

Living/Dying Project The Living/Dying Project offers spiritual support to those faced with a life-threatening illness and for their caregivers (free of charge with volunteers).

Classes, workshops, and professional training are also offered throughout the year. This FB account is not managed by Ramdev Dale Borglum himself. History of the Living/Dying Project:

In 1976 Stephen Levine founded The Dying Project as part of The Hanuman Foundation. Shortly after founding the first organization in the Western world to actively promote conscious dying, Stephen was joined by Ram Dass, Ramdev Dale Borglum, and Ondrea Levine. The Dying Project offered conscious support to people with life-threatening illnesses and also included a national call-in consultation hot-line. For many years after its inception, the Project was the only organization here in the West which advocated seeing the dying process as an opportunity for spiritual awakening and using caregiving for those with life-threatening illness as a spiritual practice. In 1981, as part of the Hanuman Foundation Dying Project, the Dying Center in Santa Fe, NM, was created. This was the first residential facility in the West to care for clients who wished to see their confrontation with death as an opportunity for awakening, rather than seeing death merely a tragedy. From 1981-1984 Dale Borglum, the founding Director of the Dying Center, guided the facility in which approximately 85 people were served free of charge. In 1986 Dale relocated the Project to its present location in Marin County and changed the name to The Living/Dying Project.The Open Circle program of the Project offers free-of-charge emotional and spiritual support to people with life-threatening illnesses and to those who care for them. As well, the Project has an educational component whose mission is to explore healing in the context of a life-threatening illness. Dale has trained thousands of hospice care workers, nurses, therapists, doctors, and volunteers in palliative care. Counseling with Ramdev Dale Borglum PhD is available via phone or Zoom.

04/03/2026

You’re not broken. You’re anxious. There’s a difference.

Anxiety is your nervous system saying, “Hey, something here needs attention.”

The problem isn’t the anxiety. It’s the part of us that never learned to sit with it.

Lie down. No pillow. Flat. FEEL the sensations in your body without trying to fix it.

The sensations you’re avoiding are actually the gateway toward deep healing.

Join guru brothers Rameshwar Das and RamDev Dale Borglum live via Zoom tomorrow, Saturday, April 4 at 10AM PDT for a con...
04/03/2026

Join guru brothers Rameshwar Das and RamDev Dale Borglum live via Zoom tomorrow, Saturday, April 4 at 10AM PDT for a conversation on the everlasting truth that “Love Never Grows Old” 💞🙏

Rameshwar Das and RamDev are old (getting older) friends on the path of the heart who were together in India in the early 1970s alongside Ram Dass and Neem Karoli Baba (Maharaji).They will share perspectives on how aging and dying have changed over the past 50 years.

This will be a warm, intimate, and inspiring gathering rooted in devotion, truth, and the remembrance of our shared heart. All are welcome.

register online at https://livingdying.org/events/love-never-grows-old-with-rameshwar-das-and-ramdev-dale-borglum/ 🧡

Hanuman’s devotion is quiet, yet fierce, unwavering, and free of self concern. He acts from pure love and it is by his e...
04/02/2026

Hanuman’s devotion is quiet, yet fierce, unwavering, and free of self concern. He acts from pure love and it is by his example that our own service continues to grow.

Blessings to you on this Hanuman Jayanti. May the heart of our society come alive with the Hanuman’s shining example of faith, humility, and selfless service at this time. We get free together.

राम राम

P.S tune in NOW to ’s livestream of 108 Hanuman Chalisas for Peace. What a blessing this offering is as we make our way through this day all around the world.

04/02/2026
03/23/2026

The Dalai Lama prays to be reborn where there’s the MOST suffering. Not to escape it, but to move toward it.

We’re all the same terrified consciousness trying to remember how to love when it hurts to love.

Keep your heart open. Let the light in through the cracks. 🧡

We are delighted to welcome Rameshwar Das to the Living/Dying Project Speaker Series. Rameshwar Das and RamDev are old (...
03/20/2026

We are delighted to welcome Rameshwar Das to the Living/Dying Project Speaker Series. Rameshwar Das and RamDev are old (getting older) friends, guru brothers on the path of the heart. They will share perspectives on how aging and dying have changed over the past 50 years. https://livingdying.org/events/love-never-grows-old-with-rameshwar-das-and-ramdev-dale-borglum/

These guru brothers were together in India in the early 1970s alongside Ram Dass and Neem Karoli Baba (Maharaji). More than fifty years later, these lifelong friends reunite for a heartfelt conversation that weaves together spiritual wisdom, personal stories, and the enduring presence of their guru.

This will be a warm, intimate, and inspiring gathering rooted in devotion, truth, and the remembrance of our shared heart. All are welcome.

A recording of the talk will be sent within one week of the live event.

Hi Living/Dying Project Community! We are happy to share that a documentary is being made about RamDev! Reforest Films i...
03/16/2026

Hi Living/Dying Project Community!
We are happy to share that a documentary is being made about RamDev! Reforest Films is looking for a select few to join their producing team for the next 3 or so months to help bring this film into the world. No prior filmmaking experience required. Please send a message to Reforest Films or Aurora Leonard and they will be in touch.

03/06/2026

RamDev’s book is now available for pre-order!
https://www.amazon.com/How-Live-You-Without-Fear/dp/1955831084

Death is coming for all of us. And somehow, that’s the most liberating thing you’ll ever hear.

Dale has spent 40 years at the bedsides of the dying, and what he found there wasn’t darkness. It was a roadmap for how to live. His new book 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘓𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘚𝘰 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘊𝘢𝘯 𝘋𝘪𝘦 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘍𝘦𝘢𝘳 drops June 16th and it will rewire how you think about the most inevitable thing in existence.

Pre-orders are huge for authors. Grab your copy. Pre-order link in bio. 🙏 https://www.amazon.com/How-Live-You-Without-Fear/dp/1955831084

02/27/2026

There is so much to grieve right now. What if, instead of fixing or numbing, we allowed ourselves to feel? We became embodied? This is a kind of training.

RamDev shares a gentle invitation into collective grief and compassion. 𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘺𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸.

Give this reel a watch and sit with your heart for a moment. 💛

More grief resources: https://livingdying.org/support-categories/grief/

https://livingdying.org/events/finding-your-creative-voice-in-difficult-times-with-john-foxWe’re honored to welcome back...
02/27/2026

https://livingdying.org/events/finding-your-creative-voice-in-difficult-times-with-john-fox
We’re honored to welcome back poet and educator John Fox for a special online gathering: 𝘍𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘊𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘝𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘋𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴. A gentle, spacious session where poetry becomes less about performance and more about presence. Less about getting it right and more about telling the truth.

John has spent decades helping people access language when words feel far away. In this workshop, you’ll be guided through simple, powerful writing invitations designed to help you listen inward and speak from where you are. No experience necessary.

If you’ve been feeling the weight of things lately, this may be a beautiful place to set it down for a moment and see what wants to be written. Just bring your honest self, a pen, and perhaps a cup of tea.

Saturday, March 7 @ 10am PST. A replay is available if you can’t make it live.

02/10/2026

It’s easy to open the heart.⁣
It’s harder to stay steady when life gets busy.⁣
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RamDev shares a simple practice for stabilizing love by grounding it in the body.⁣
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This is a different kind of love. One you can return to again and again, even in the middle of emails, relationships, and overwhelm.⁣
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Join RamDev this Valentine’s Day Morning for his Spiritual Support Group this Saturday to explore these practices together.⁣
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Click the link in our bio, then click Events Calendar to register for free and receive the Zoom link 💞💞

Join the Living/Dying Project for our immersive workshops, offered in person in the San Francisco Bay Area or online fro...
01/29/2026

Join the Living/Dying Project for our immersive workshops, offered in person in the San Francisco Bay Area or online from anywhere. Together, we explore how to meet life, loss, and death with steadiness, compassion, and awareness.  🕊️
 
This training is open to anyone and is especially supportive for therapists, medical professionals, acupuncturists, clergy, social workers, and caregivers called to serve the dying. Continuing education credits may be available for eligible participants. 
 
You’ll leave with practical tools for staying grounded in moments of uncertainty and grief, along with renewed clarity, confidence, and heart.  
 
Participation also completes the first step toward volunteering with the Living/Dying Project, offering spiritual and emotional support to those navigating illness, caregiving, grief, and the end of life. 
 
In bio, click on 2026 CEU Workshop Trainings with RamDev Dale Borglum for more information.  
 
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History of the Living/Dying Project: In 1976 Stephen Levine founded The Dying Project as part of The Hanuman Foundation. Shortly after founding the first organization in the Western world to actively promote conscious dying, Stephen was joined by Ram Dass, Dale Borglum, and Ondrea Levine. The Dying Project offered conscious support to people with life-theatening illnesses and also included a national call-in consultation hot-line. For many years after its inception, the Project was the only organization here in the West which advocated seeing the dying process as an opportunity for spiritual awakening and using caregiving for those with life-threatening illness as a spiritual practice. In 1981, as part of the Hanuman Foundation Dying Project, the Dying Center in Santa Fe, NM, was created. This was the first residential facility in the West to care for clients who wished to see their confrontation with death as an opportunity for awakening, rather than seeing death merely a tragedy. From 1981-1984 Dale Borglum, the founding Director of the Dying Center, guided the facility in which approximately 85 people were served free of charge. In 1986 Dale relocated the Project to its present location in Marin County and changed the name to The Living/Dying Project.The Open Circle program of the Project offers free-of-charge emotional and spiritual support to people with life-threatening illnesses and to those who care for them. As well, the Project has an educational component whose mission is to explore healing in the context of a life-threatening illness. Dale has trained thousands of hospice care workers, nurses, therapists, doctors, and volunteers in palliative care.