Aistė Samulienė: A Mandala Dance Instructor from Lithuania on Finding Her Dance
The main lesson I found in myself while dancing Mandala Dance was continuity. It takes time to practice, it takes time for life, for transforming things in our bodies, our minds, our soul and emotions — and this is the journey.Aistė Samulienė — a certified Mandala Dance instructor from Lithuania, and a Moon Mother and women's-circle facilitator
- Who's speaking
- Aistė Samulienė — a certified Mandala Dance instructor and women's-circle leader from Lithuania
- In the practice
- Certified Mandala Dance instructor (Level 1); in the practice since 2018
- Path
- A shaman practitioner and Moon Mother who first heard about Mandala Dance at a Peruquois workshop
- Themes
- Continuity, movement as a path, women's circles, finding one's own dance
Aistė Samulienė's video testimonial about the Mandala Dance practice · Watch on YouTube ↗
In Brief
Aistė Samulienė is a certified Mandala Dance instructor from Lithuania, and a shaman practitioner and Moon Mother who leads women's circles and meditations. She first heard about the practice at a Peruquois workshop and dreamed of dancing it — but only found her way there later, once her children had grown. Her first dance felt, in her words, "really, really my dance," and it led her to Master Maya Mandala in Estonia in 2018. In this video she shares the lesson the practice left with her: continuity.
How She Found the Practice
The path to Mandala Dance was not immediate. Aistė remembers hearing about it at a Peruquois workshop and wanting it, but at the time she had small children; she waited until they grew a little, then set out to find the practice. The opening came through an ordinary message — one morning she found in her email box a note from women in her own country, who were holding a Mandala Dance circle. At that very first circle, she says, she felt that this was "really, really my dance." She wanted to be there, and to meet the Master — and so she went, meeting Maya Mandala in 2018 in Estonia.
What the Practice Taught Her
For Aistė, the practice is a journey, something walked over time. She describes it as being about travelling and walking your own path through your femininity. The main lesson she found in herself, she says, was continuity — the understanding that transformation in our bodies, minds, souls and emotions takes time, and that this patience is itself the path. Today she passes the practice on, leading her own women's circles as a certified instructor.
"Mandala Dance for women is one of the ways to find ways to themselves, to ourselves, to our bodies, to master our bodies, to live in our bodies, and to manifest our lives through our bodies in a secret way."
About Maya Mandala
Maya Mandala is a practitioner and teacher, creator of the Mandala Dance method, and leader of programs on working with the body, femininity and masculinity, and tantric and contemplative practices. Her seminars and retreats take place both in Russia and abroad.
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Questions About This Testimonial
Who is Aistė Samulienė?
A certified Mandala Dance instructor from Lithuania, and a shaman practitioner and Moon Mother who leads women's circles and meditations. She met Maya Mandala in Estonia in 2018.
How did she find Mandala Dance?
She first heard about it at a Peruquois workshop and dreamed of dancing it, but waited until her children grew up. A message from women in her own country led her to a first circle — where, in her words, she felt that this was "really, really my dance."
What is the main lesson she took from the practice?
Continuity. She describes how it takes time to practice, and time for life — for transforming things in our bodies, minds, souls and emotions — and that walking this path patiently is itself the journey.
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