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Welcome to our resource page to inspire wellness in our Head Start community. Regardless of your role, or length of your service to this community, keeping wellness front and center is essential as we navigate in the days ahead. In collaboration with our partners at BeWell, we are excited to presents a series of free resources you can use on your own, in team meetings or at public gatherings with parents, partners and collaborators. Enjoy and BeWell!

The BeWell Curriculum offers the Head Start community gentle, supportive moments throughout the day that steady the mind, care for the body, and help the work feel more sustainable.

Gentle Movement for the Workday

This BeWell moment offers a short, gentle movement practice designed to nourish the body during the workday. Through grounding, slow movement, and gratitude, you’re invited to release tension from the shoulders, back, and hands. The BeWell Curriculum offers the Head Start community gentle, supportive moments throughout the day that steady the mind, care for the body, and help the work feel more sustainable.

Two-minute Mood Uplift

This BeWell moment is a short, guided meditation designed to help you intentionally shift how you feel during the workday. Using the idea of the mind as a radio dial, you’re invited to choose a thought that creates the feeling you need most: calm, energy, hope, focus, or inspiration.

Powerful Ways Head Start Leaders Can Start the New Year with Clarity & Care

In this short video, UCLA Early Head Start Executive Director Delia Vicente offers three powerful ways directors and managers can begin 2026 with clarity, purpose, and care: staying focused on child outcomes strengthening systems supporting staff wellbeing.

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