Join us each month for a new look at Rosh Chodesh.  We look forward to exploring new themes through discussion, speakers, and hands-on activities each Hebrew month. 

Each program is a stand-alone, so even if you’ve joined us before we ask you to register again. 

$18 | Open to all Jewish adult women (Bat Mitzvah or older)

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Adar is the month of Purim and our theme this month is masks.  We are all so many things to so many people – this is good but can also be exhausting.  Let’s explore!  We will be joined by Dr. Manizeh Mirza-Gruber, who will work with us on a mindfulness-based approach to the masks that we wear.  

We have been wearing masks since the beginning of the pandemic. But what about the masks we were wearing before? The masks protecting us from being seen for who we are? The masks that hide us even from ourselves? What mask are you wearing now? What happens when we take off the mask? Can we see ourselves with new eyes without a mask?”

Join us with curiosity, courage, and compassion as we explore together how we may see ourselves without the mask. Through guided mindfulness practices, reflections, sharing, and experiential exercises, we will travel a path of discovery, allowing ourselves the opportunity for self-care and self-awareness.

No prior experience of meditation is necessary. Dress comfortably, and feel free to bring a mat, cushion/pillow, and blanket. Don’t forget to bring an open heart-body-mind-spirit!

More about Manizeh:

Dr. Manizeh Mirza-Gruber, M.D., is a licensed, board-certified psychiatrist (ABPN), Certified Mindfulness Meditation Teacher and Mentor, Certified Yoga Teacher, and Certified Mind-Body Medicine Skills Facilitator.

She is the founder and CEO of Mindful in Practice, a clinical psychiatric practice with a holistic and integrative approach to care, and an educational practice focusing on mindfulness and mind-body medicine interventions for healing and wellness. As an individual, parent, and psychiatrist, Manizeh follows a holistic approach to life. She believes in connecting heart, mind, body, and spirit for healing and wellness.

She has been facilitating Mind-Body Skills workshops and groups since January 2018 to bring healing in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, and through the Coronavirus Pandemic. Manizeh leads and teaches mindfulness meditation classes and workshops to individuals and groups. She also facilitates individual and group mindfulness mentoring sessions. She leads a free weekly, virtual guided meditation called Mindful Mondays.

Manizeh is happily married to her husband and has two adult children and two dogs! She has a daily practice of meditation, yoga, running/walking, and living mindfully. She loves to read, write, cook, spend time with family and friends, and volunteer. She is a co-lead morning circle-up volunteer for the Houston Chapter of Back on My Feet and a member of the Harris County Medical Center Rotary Club.

Manizeh is a “forever learner”.