2027 Trainings and Workshops

Healing at the Edge: Conscious Living and Conscious Dying

Deepening Presence in the Face of Death, Grief, Loss and Transformation

A CEU workshop led by RamDev Dale Borglum, PhD for therapists, healers, caregivers, and people who would like to volunteer with the Living/Dying Project that strengthens their ability to stay grounded and open-hearted while accompanying others through life’s profound transitions.

This course explores an integrative model of healing that supports clinicians and caregivers working with clients facing loss, illness, and end-of-life transitions. Participants will examine healing as a multidimensional process—physical, emotional, and spiritual—through which individuals move toward wholeness, even in the midst of suffering.

Drawing from Buddhist psychology, developmental theory, and 35 years of contemplative practice and service at the bedside, RamDev Dale Borglum (Founder, the Living/Dying Project) offers a clear and practical framework for identifying where clients are on their healing path and determining the next transformational step.

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Who These Trainings Are For

These workshops are open to all and especially meaningful for:

  • Psychotherapists, social workers, and counselors

  • Nurses, physicians, and medical professionals

  • Death doulas, hospice workers, and palliative care teams

  • Chaplains, clergy, and spiritual care providers

  • Acupuncturists and somatic practitioners

  • Anyone supporting loved ones through illness, grief, or the dying process

  • Anyone on a personal journey of healing and awakening

  • Anyone interested in becoming a Living/Dying Project Volunteer

What You’ll Learn

  • A clear and accessible healing model to help navigate crisis and transformation—for yourself and your clients

  • Somatic practices to dissolve the illusion of separateness

  • Tools to turn grief and isolation into connection with self, others, and the sacred

  • Short, practical meditations for cultivating compassion in daily life

  • Ways to face mortality with courage and clarity

  • Practices for living consciously, and preparing for a conscious death

Why It Matters

To truly serve others—whether professionally or personally—we must be willing to meet our own fear, loss, and vulnerability with honesty and care. These workshops are a chance to do that work in community, with experienced guidance.

No matter your role, this training offers a map for navigating life’s most challenging transitions with presence and love. In these times of collective uncertainty, the opportunity for deep healing has never been greater.

 

Click a Date Below to Register:

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Meet Your Instructor

RamDev Dale Borglum, PhD is a founding voice in the conscious dying movement. As founder of the Hanuman Foundation Dying Center in Santa Fe, he established the first U.S. residential facility dedicated to conscious dying, working alongside Ram Dass, Stephen Levine, and Elisabeth Kübler-Ross to shape the field.

Since 1986, he has served as Executive Director of the Living/Dying Project, guiding individuals and families through death and dying with an approach rooted in Eastern spirituality and Western psychology.

A meditation practitioner since 1968, RamDev teaches on conscious living and dying, individual healing, and the spiritual dimensions of transition. His collaborators include Joan Halifax, Robert Thurman, Joanna Macy, Jack Kornfield, and many others. He co-authored Journey of Awakening: A Meditator’s Guidebook with Ram Dass, Daniel Goleman, and Dwarka Bonner (Bantam Books), and hosts Healing at the Edge on the Be Here Now Network. His forthcoming book, How to Live So You Can Die Without Fear, is due out in 2025.

His teachings draw from years with his root teacher Neem Karoli Baba (Maharajji), as well as time spent with Ananda Mayi Ma, Kalu Rinpoche, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Suzuki Roshi, and the 16th Karmapa.

Single Day Training $175 | Two-Day Training $290

Single-day workshops summarize the same material but with less discussion and fewer experiential exercises.

Courses meet qualifications for either 8 or 15 hours of continuing education for Psychologists, as well as for LMFTs, LCSWs and LPCCs as required by the CA Board of Behavioral Sciences and nationwide wherever accepted by the American Psychological Association. Living/Dying Project holds Board of Registered Nursing Provider Number 9621 and Acupuncture Board Provider Number 1534 and offers continuing education for nurses and acupuncturists.

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NOTE: CEUS will NOT be issued for single day attendance of a two day workshop. Registrants may attend either day of a two-day workshop for the single day fee, however please see below if you are wanting CEs.

Marriage and Family Therapists

Marriage and Family Therapists (MFTs) will receive 8 CE hours for attending the January 16 workshop in San Francisco or the January 30 workshop in Santa Rosa. To receive 15 CE hours, MFTs must attend both days of either the February 27-28 workshop in San Anselmo or the March 13-14 online workshop. Partial credit will not be issued for attending only one day of a two-day training. All trainings are California State-approved and APA-approved nationwide wherever accepted.

Psychologists

Psychologists will receive 8 CE hours for participating in the January 16 (San Francisco) or January 30 (Santa Rosa) workshops. To receive 15 CE hours, Psychologists must attend both days of either the February 27-28 workshop in San Anselmo or the March 13-14 online workshop. Partial credit will not be issued for attending only one day of a two-day training. All trainings are California State-approved and APA-approved nationwide wherever accepted.

Licensed Clinical Social Workers

Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSWs) are eligible for 8 CE hours for the January 16 workshop in San Francisco or the January 30 workshop in Santa Rosa. To receive 15 CE hours, full attendance at both days of either the February 27-28 San Anselmo training or the March 13-14 online training is required. CE credit cannot be granted for partial attendance. All trainings are California State-approved and APA-approved nationwide wherever accepted.

Registered Nurses & Acupuncturists

Registered Nurses and Licensed Acupuncturists will receive 8 California State-Approved CE hours for attending either the January 16 or January 30 workshops. Those who attend both days of the February 27-28 workshop in San Anselmo or the March 13-14 online workshop will receive 15 CE hours. CE credit is not available for partial attendance, and out-of-state acceptance may vary depending on individual licensing boards.

Registration and Policies

You may register online by clicking your preferred training date below:

 

Alternatively, you can register by mail or phone:

By Mail

Please send a check or money order payable to:
Living/Dying Project
P.O. Box 357
Fairfax, CA 94978

Include the following with your payment:

  • Your email address

  • If requesting CE credits, your license number and degree

By Phone

Call us at (415) 456-3915 to register.



Online Workshops

If you are registering for an online training, a Zoom link will be sent to your email at least two days prior to the event.

CE Accreditation

The Community Institute for Psychotherapy is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. CIP maintains full responsibility for these programs and their content.



Refund Policy

Refund requests must be submitted at least ten (10) business days before the workshop date. You may notify us via:

All refunds will be issued minus a $15 processing fee. No refunds will be issued after the deadlines listed below.



Cancellation Deadlines
  • January 6 for the January 16 training

  • January 20 for the January 30 training

  • February 17 for the February 27 training

  • March 3 for the March 13 training

We Need Your Help This Giving Season

All across the country, organizations like ours are facing unprecedented funding challenges. To sustain our work and keep our lines open to everyone who calls on us, we must raise $150,000 this giving season.