<div dir="ltr">Hello, please circulate this message to your department faculty, graduate students and staff.  Thank you!<div>Best,</div><div>Perla</div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Jasvir Rababan</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:jasvir.rababan@email.ucr.edu">jasvir.rababan@email.ucr.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Feb 10, 2026 at 1:23 PM<br>Subject: Sonic Pedagogy Winter Wellness Series<br>To: Perla Fabelo <<a href="mailto:perla.fabelo@ucr.edu">perla.fabelo@ucr.edu</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div>Dear Perla,</div><div><br></div><div>I hope you are well.</div><div>Please could you hep to share this series of wellness events across CHASS faculty, staff and TA's please?</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><img alt="Sonic Pedagogy Events.jpg" width="542" height="335"><p style="font-size:13px;margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue""><br></p><p style="font-size:13px;margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue""><br></p><p style="font-size:13px;margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">You are warmly invited to <b>“Sonic Pedagogy”  a 3-part series on “Lessons from Sacred Music Therapy.”</b> These workshops are presented through <b>XCITE’s Healthy Pedagogy initiative</b>. In-person participation is strongly encouraged.</p><p style="font-size:13px;margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";min-height:15px"><br></p><p style="font-size:13px;margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Join us for <b>an experience of connection back to self and inner presence</b> through the pace of your work routine and leave with practical tools you can use immediately.</p><p style="font-size:13px;margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue""><br><b>Fridays 12–1pm (2026): Feb 13, Feb 20, Feb 27 & Mar 6</b><br><b>In-person (preferred): </b>XCITE Commons, Rivera Library<br><b>Register:</b> <a href="https://tinyurl.com/UCR-Winter-Wellness" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(220,161,13)">https://tinyurl.com/UCR-Winter-Wellness</span></a></p><p style="font-size:13px;margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue""><b>Free | Hybrid (registration required)</b><br>Light refreshments will be provided.</p><p style="font-size:13px;margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";min-height:15px"><br></p><p style="font-size:13px;margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue""><b>Series description</b></p><p style="font-size:13px;margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">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.</p><p style="font-size:13px;margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";min-height:15px"><br></p><p style="font-size:13px;margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue""><b>Session 1: Body as Instrument – Arrival & Awareness <i>(Feb 13 + Mar 6)</i></b></p><p style="font-size:13px;margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">• Recognise how nervous system state shapes attention, perception, and response before conscious thought<br>• Develop embodied awareness through sound, breath, and listening to establish physiological safety and baseline regulation<br>• Experience the body as an instrument of regulation rather than a site of effort or control</p><p style="font-size:13px;margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";min-height:15px"><br></p><p style="font-size:13px;margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue""><b>Session 2: Stillness as Skill <i>(Feb 20)</i></b></p><p style="font-size:13px;margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">• Cultivate stillness as an active regulatory capacity that supports focus, clarity, and non-reactivity<br>• Strengthen the ability to pause under pressure without loss of authority, momentum, or presence<br>• Apply stillness as a practical tool for cognitive reset, decision-making, and emotional regulation</p><p style="font-size:13px;margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";min-height:15px"><br></p><p style="font-size:13px;margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue""><b>Session 3: Integration & Embodied Leadership <i>(Feb 27)</i></b></p><p style="font-size:13px;margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">• Integrate sonic and somatic regulation practices into everyday leadership, teaching, and communication contexts<br>• Demonstrate embodied authority through regulated presence, tone, and pacing rather than force or performance<br>• Sustain self-governed regulation to support ethical decision-making, resilience, and long-term capacity</p><p style="font-size:13px;margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";min-height:15px"><br></p><p style="font-size:13px;margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue""><b>Attend all three sessions in person</b> to receive a <b>certificate of participation</b> and be entered into a <b>sonic raffle</b>.</p><p style="font-size:13px;margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";min-height:15px"><br></p><p style="font-size:13px;margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue""><b>Facilitator</b></p><p style="font-size:13px;margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue""><b>Jasvir Kaur Rababan MBE</b> 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.</p><p style="font-size:13px;margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue""><br></p><p style="font-size:13px;margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue""><br></p></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><b>Jasvir Kaur Rababan MBE</b><div><font size="1" face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(9,9,11)">Member of the Order of the British Empire</span><b><br></b></font><div>PhD Student </div><div>Religion - Music - Neuroscience<br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Department for the Study of Religion</span> | Sikh Studies</div><div>Medical Humanities | Medical Ethnomusicology</div><div>University of California Riverside<br></div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div>
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