Entering the Heart of Shiva: Language of the Heart
September 20, 2026 November 22, 2026
with Tasha Judson and Barbara Fugate
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Entering the Heart of Shiva – Language of the Heart

Online with Tasha Judson and Barbara Fugate

Six two-hour seminars, Sundays at 10 a.m. Pacific / 1 p.m. Eastern

September to November 2026

Entering the Heart of Shiva (EHS) is the foundational course of Study in Blue Throat Yoga. It invites students into a profound process of understanding the deeper elements of sādhanā, or spiritual practice, through the study of ancient, time-honored texts, practices, and teachings of the non-dual Śākta-Śaiva Tantric lineage. This transformative course is designed to enliven and uplift our experience of life from the inside out.

Entering the Heart of Shiva (EHS) consists of three separate sub-courses, each organized around a broad theme:

EHS – Light of the Heart

EHS – Language of the Heart

EHS – Wisdom of the Heart

These sub-courses can be taken in any order, and any one of them can be taken as a stand-alone course. Taking all three courses provides students a complete introduction to the key elements of the Śākta-Śaiva philosophical perspective and the eligibility to take advanced courses with Blue Throat Yoga.

This subcourse, offered by Barbara and Tasha, is Language of the Heart.

The Heart as Ultimate Consciousness is the pulsational source of all sound and language. In the depth of the heart the utterance of potential sound arises. From there it develops into the emanational unfolding of all sounds, all phonemes, all words, and the narratives of all possible realities. Unbounded Absolute Consciousness speaks in particular ways to become form and in subtle ways, through increasingly subtle pulsations, to reveal its free formless Self back to itself.

During this course, we learn about the Śākta-Śaiva teachings regarding Āgama, the divine revelatory scriptures that were written down. As well, we study śāstra, systems of organized wisdom and knowledge developed by great masters to transmit the teachings of highest wisdom. We explore how language is explained in the revealed text called the Śiva Sūtras and other profound texts such as Abhinavagupta's Tantrāloka and Tantrasāra, the Vijñāna Bhairava Tantra, and Kṣemarāja’s Pratyabhijñā-hṛdayam.  Your study is supported by audios and written materials in which master teacher Paul Muller-Ortega illuminates these ancient teachings and connects them in ways both practical and sublime to our own lives.

The studies and practices in EHS – Language of the Heart serve to guide us to locate our own wisdom voice from the deepest layers of the Self.

Tuition:

Course tuition does not include Meditation Initiation or Retreat Tuition.

Schedule: Six Zoom sessions on selected Sundays, 10 am to 12 pm U.S. Pacific time / 1 to 3 pm U.S. Eastern time

Dates: Sept. 20 and 27; Oct. 11 and 25; Nov. 15 and 22

Contact: [email protected]

Recordings will be available for download after each seminar. Students receive a vast array of audio and textual materials as well as study and practice guidance for each seminar.

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Your teachers:

Barbara Fugate first began practicing and studying yoga while traveling in India in 1979. During more than 25 years of practicing law in the United States she pursued her yoga studies, teaching asana for several years. She met Paul Muller-Ortega in 2009 and was immediately drawn to his clear and powerful teachings of the non-dual Kashmir Shaiva tradition, teachings which explore the essence of life itself. She was initiated into Neelakantha Meditation in 2009 and became an Authorized Teacher in 2016. She has served Blue Throat Yoga in a variety of roles and is honored to once again co-teach Entering the Heart of Shiva.

Natasha "Tasha" Judson M.Ed became an Authorized Teacher of Neelakantha Meditation in 2016. She is grateful for her deep, easeful meditation practice, for the refined depth of understanding taught in Blue Throat Yoga, and for the opportunity to grow through service. She served on the Neelakantha Meditation Initiates Guiding Group, and has taught in Blue Throat Yoga study courses for many years. She has traveled and led multiple trips to sacred sites in India. Tasha teaches yoga at her studio in the rural Berkshires of Massachusetts. She is looking forward to once again co-teaching the transformative course Entering the Heart of Shiva.