Dale Borglum speaks at the 2025 Public Forum on Healing with Integrative Cancer Care in February. The gathering was designed to bridges wisdom traditions with emerging frontiers in healing. This year's forum explores transformation through the intersections of integrative cancer care with consciousness and healing arts, featuring distinguished speakers and practitioners from diverse backgrounds. The day included engaging presentations on patient advocacy, expressive arts, and innovative approaches to cancer care.
Dale Borglum
RamDev Dale Borglum is a pioneering figure in the conscious dying movement, known for
his contributions to end-of-life care and spiritual support. As the Founder and Director of
the Hanuman Foundation Dying Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico, he established the first
residential facility in the United States dedicated to supporting conscious dying
experiences with clients. Collaborating closely with luminaries such as Ram Dass, Stephen
Levine, and Elizabeth Kubler Ross, RamDev played a pivotal role in laying the foundation for
the conscious dying movement.
Since 1986, RamDev has served as the Executive Director of the Living/Dying Project,
initially in Santa Fe and later in the San Francisco Bay Area. With an unwavering
commitment to integrating Eastern spirituality and Western psychology, the organization
has guided countless individuals through the sacred journey of death with compassion and
wisdom.
His expertise in meditation, honed since 1968, has been instrumental in his teachings and
inspirational workshops, where he shares insights on meditation, individual healing, and
spiritual support for those in transition. Within his teachings, RamDev also places emphasis
on living consciously and compassionately to overcome our individual collective fear of
death.
Throughout his career as both a meditation and spiritual teacher, RamDev has collaborated
with esteemed figures such as Joan Halifax, Robert Thurman, Joanna Macy, Jack Kornfield,
Anne Lamott, Jai Uttal, Duncan Trussell, and many others. RamDev co-authored Journey of
Awakening: A Meditator’s Guidebook with Ram Dass, Daniel Goleman, and Dwarka Bonner,
published by Bantam Books. In his popular podcast, Healing at The Edge, hosted on the Be
Here Now Network channel, he spreads his unique dharmic teachings and routinely
interviews esteemed teachers and professionals within the field of conscious living and
dying. His book How To Live So You Can Die Without Fear will be released in 2025.
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