{"id":5372,"date":"2019-05-10T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-10T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/blog\/with-gratitude-we-honor-your-teaching"},"modified":"2019-05-10T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-05-10T16:00:00","slug":"with-gratitude-we-honor-your-teaching","status":"publish","type":"learn-and-grow-blog","link":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/blog\/with-gratitude-we-honor-your-teaching","title":{"rendered":"With Gratitude, We Honor Your Teaching"},"content":{"rendered":"
May 10 is Provider Appreciation Day<\/strong>. This year, thread<\/strong> encourages you, Alaska\u2019s early childhood educators, to practice daily wellness and self-care. Every day you support our young children in their healthy development and for that we say \u201cThank You.\u201d<\/p>\n Your self-care is critical for the work that you do, because it:<\/p>\n To help you begin, or continue, your wellness journey, thread <\/strong>is providing you with a yoga mat! We hope that it will provide you with a special space to take care, stretch, rest, or find your inner peace.<\/p>\n Yoga mats will be issued to you via thread <\/a><\/strong>trainings and workshops<\/a>, as well as regular program visits statewide.<\/p>\n To also assist you in your self-care journey, try these brain-body healing movements<\/a> from the Alaska Resilience Initiative that encourage breathing, centering and calm.<\/p>\n We hope these gifts cultivate an awareness of self-care and mindfulness.<\/p>\n Thank you again for your passion and dedication to our young children!<\/p>\n\n