Entering The Heart Of Shiva

Entering the Heart of Shiva (EHS) is Enrolling Now!

EHS is the foundational flagship course of the Blue throat Yoga study curriculum. This unparalleled course is guided by highly experienced senior teachers, and is an extraordinary opportunity to learn about the profound and liberative teachings of the Śākta-Śaiva Non-dual tradition.

Students can register for any of the courses in any order, or can take any one as a stand-alone course. However, students must complete all three to qualify for advanced course enrollment with Blue Throat Yoga. Students who complete all three courses will receive a powerful introduction to the key elements of the liberative Śākta-Śaiva intellectual tradition.

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Throughout the Entering the Heart of Shiva program, live and recorded seminars guide students through a systematic study of the Svatantra teachings and practices. Each seminar offers a deeper exposure to advanced practice and study.  Because students join this course from all over the world, seminars are recorded and are available for download for future listening. Additionally, important passages from the sacred texts of the Śākta-Śaiva Tantra tradition will be explored and given a larger context for deeper and more refined understanding. 

All EHS students are invited to engage in daily practice, reading, contemplation and journaling. Students will receive materials and publications from Paul Muller-Ortega, Founder Teacher of Blue Throat Yoga. Each student is invited into a course of self-study, with the option of joining a study group of peers to work through the material together.

This powerful, experiential journey into the Heart of Consciousness will allow you to step into your own wisdom, strength, and natural capacities to reveal the nectar of life from the inside out.

We invite you into this exquisite and transformative journey of the Heart!

ELEMENTS OF ENTERING THE HEART OF SHIVA

Key Topics of Study
-The Theory of the Practice of Meditation
-Invitation to learn the Power of Deep Meditation Practice in a Retreat Setting
-Central Teachings & Myths in the Yogic and Śaiva Tantric Traditions
-Extraordinary Liberative Knowledge of Tantra in Experiential & Theoretical modes
-The distinction between Householder and Renunciate modes of spiritual practice
-History and context of key differences between Classical Yoga & Śaiva Tantric Yoga
-Abhinavagupta, the great Tantric master of the Non-dual Śaiva traditions of Kashmir

Introduction to Foundational Śaiva Tantric Texts
-The Śiva Sūtras
-The Vijñāna Bhairava Tantra
-The Tantrāloka and Tantrasāra of Abhinavagupta
-The Pratyabhijñā-Hṛdayam of Kṣemarāja

Key Practices to Facilitate Your Deep Unfolding
-Japa and Chanting Mantras of the Śaiva Tradition
-Bhāvanā, the practice of eliciting deep and visionary Insight
-Svādhyāya study of sacred texts

Regular Live Seminars on Zoom
Study of Previously Recorded Teleseminars
Individual & Group Course of Study
Vast Online Study Library
Original Translations & Expert Teachings
Guided Study & Practice Support 

THREE PILLARS OF TRANSFORMATIVE PRACTICE

Blue Throat Yoga offers three powerful pillars in its fundamental teachings on the Freedom of Consciousness: Study, Meditation Practice, and Retreats. Entering the Heart of Shiva is the foundational course of Study that invites students into a profound process of understanding the deeper elements of Sadhana, or spiritual practice. This transformative course is based on the study of ancient, time-honored texts, practices, and teachings designed to enliven and uplift your natural experience of life from the inside out.

Entering the Heart of Shiva Students are strongly invited to participate in all three components as it is possible to do so. EHS Students may separately receive personal instruction into the daily practice of Neelakantha Meditation at a regional course or on retreat, and EHS Students may join one or more Vibrating Silence Retreats in the year they are enrolled and in subsequent years. Studying in EHS, Practicing Neelakantha Meditation, and practicing deeply on Retreat are the three powerful pillars that facilitate your deep unfolding. The most profound experience is gained when the three pillars are combined, however, we now offer each component separately to make these teachings as accessible as possible to the householder practitioner.