[Chass-gsaos] Fwd: Sonic Pedagogy Winter Wellness Series

[Perla Fabelo]

Hello, please circulate this message to your department faculty, graduate
students and staff.  Thank you!
Best,
Perla


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From: Jasvir Rababan <jasvir.rababan at email.ucr.edu>
Date: Tue, Feb 10, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Subject: Sonic Pedagogy Winter Wellness Series
To: Perla Fabelo <perla.fabelo at ucr.edu>


Dear Perla,

I hope you are well.
Please could you hep to share this series of wellness events across CHASS
faculty, staff and TA's please?




[image: Sonic Pedagogy Events.jpg]



You are warmly invited to *“Sonic Pedagogy”  a 3-part series on “Lessons
from Sacred Music Therapy.”* These workshops are presented through *XCITE’s
Healthy Pedagogy initiative*. In-person participation is strongly
encouraged.


Join us for *an experience of connection back to self and inner
presence* through
the pace of your work routine and leave with practical tools you can use
immediately.


*Fridays 12–1pm (2026): Feb 13, Feb 20, Feb 27 & Mar 6*
*In-person (preferred): *XCITE Commons, Rivera Library
*Register:* https://tinyurl.com/UCR-Winter-Wellness

*Free | Hybrid (registration required)*
Light refreshments will be provided.


*Series description*

This 3-part series is based in the traditions of sacred Indian music and
the science of music therapy, offering gentle, accessible practices using
sound, breath, and listening.


*Session 1: Body as Instrument – Arrival & Awareness (Feb 13 + Mar 6)*

• Recognise how nervous system state shapes attention, perception, and
response before conscious thought
• Develop embodied awareness through sound, breath, and listening to
establish physiological safety and baseline regulation
• Experience the body as an instrument of regulation rather than a site of
effort or control


*Session 2: Stillness as Skill (Feb 20)*

• Cultivate stillness as an active regulatory capacity that supports focus,
clarity, and non-reactivity
• Strengthen the ability to pause under pressure without loss of authority,
momentum, or presence
• Apply stillness as a practical tool for cognitive reset, decision-making,
and emotional regulation


*Session 3: Integration & Embodied Leadership (Feb 27)*

• Integrate sonic and somatic regulation practices into everyday
leadership, teaching, and communication contexts
• Demonstrate embodied authority through regulated presence, tone, and
pacing rather than force or performance
• Sustain self-governed regulation to support ethical decision-making,
resilience, and long-term capacity


*Attend all three sessions in person* to receive a *certificate of
participation* and be entered into a *sonic raffle*.


*Facilitator*

*Jasvir Kaur Rababan MBE* is a sonic therapist, educator, and doctoral
researcher at UCR specialising in sound based nervous system regulation,
trauma aware wellbeing, and embodied leadership. Her evidence informed
practice combines breath, voice, and stillness to support clarity,
resilience, and sustainable performance in academic and professional
settings.






*Jasvir Kaur Rababan MBE*
Member of the Order of the British Empire
PhD Student
Religion - Music - Neuroscience
Department for the Study of Religion | Sikh Studies
Medical Humanities | Medical Ethnomusicology
University of California Riverside
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