study shows calming, like meditation, mindfulness, or deep breathing works better than venting anger

[Paul Sheldon]

Fun study shows venting or diverting anger into exercise doesn’t work as well as calming down by meditating, deep breathing, or mindfulness. Maybe my dad was right about counting to ten!

https://www.sciencealert.com/venting-doesnt-reduce-anger-but-something-else-does-review-finds#

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Willow-Witt Ranch is located within the ancestral homelands of the Shasta, Takelma, Athabaskan, and Latgawa peoples who lived here since time immemorial. These Tribes were displaced during rapid Euro-American colonization, the Gold Rush, and armed conflict between 1851 and 1856. In the 1850s, the discovery of gold and settlement brought thousands of Euro-Americans to their lands, leading to warfare, epidemics, starvation, and villages being burned. In 1853 the first of several treaties were signed, confederating these Tribes and others together - who would then be referred to as the Rogue River Tribe. These treaties ceded most of their homelands to the United States, and in return they were guaranteed a permanent homeland reserved for them. At the end of the Rogue River Wars in 1856, these Tribes and many other Tribes from western Oregon were removed to the Siletz Reservation and the Grand Ronde Reservation. Today, the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Community of Oregon (https://www.grandronde.org) and the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians (http://www.ctsi.nsn.us/) are living descendants of the Takelma, Shasta, and Latgawa peoples of this area. We encourage YOU to learn about the land you reside on, and to join us in advocating for the inherent sovereignty of Indigenous people. We also acknowledge that Euro-American colonists excluded, marginalized, enslaved, tortured, and murdered many other descendants of slaves, darker-skinned people, Chinese and other Asian and Pacific Island immigrants, Mexican workers, and others.  We cannot change these tragic events of the past, but we acknowledge them and invite you to join us in doing what we can to bring justice and equity to all, as we move together into a more resilient, inclusive, and just future.

El Rancho Willow-Witt se encuentra dentro de las tierras ancestrales de los pueblos Shasta, Takelma, Atabascano y Latgawa, quienes vivieron aquí desde tiempos inmemoriales. Estas tribus fueron desplazadas durante la rápida colonización euroamericana, la Fiebre del Oro y el conflicto armado entre 1851 y 1856. En la década de 1850, el descubrimiento de oro y los asentamientos atrajeron a miles de euroamericanos a sus tierras, lo que provocó guerras, epidemias, hambruna e incendios de aldeas. En 1853 se firmó el primero de varios tratados, uniendo a estas tribus y a otras, que luego se conocerían como la Tribu del Río Rogue. Estos tratados cedieron la mayor parte de sus tierras a Estados Unidos y, a cambio, se les garantizó una patria permanente reservada para ellos. Al final de las Guerras del Río Rogue en 1856, estas tribus y muchas otras del oeste de Oregón fueron trasladadas a las Reservas Siletz y Grand Ronde. Hoy, las Tribus Confederadas de la Comunidad Grand Ronde de Oregón (https://www.grandronde.org) y las Tribus Confederadas de los Indios Siletz (http://www.ctsi.nsn.us/) son descendientes vivos de los pueblos Takelma, Shasta y Latgawa de esta zona. Los animamos a conocer la tierra que habitan y a unirse a nosotros para defender la soberanía inherente de los pueblos indígenas. Reconocemos también que los colonos euroamericanos excluyeron, marginaron, esclavizaron, torturaron y asesinaron a muchos otros descendientes de esclavos, personas de piel oscura, inmigrantes chinos y de otras partes de Asia y las islas del Pacífico, trabajadores y inmigrantes mexicanos y otros. No podemos cambiar estos trágicos acontecimientos del pasado, pero los reconocemos y los invitamos a unirse a nosotros para hacer todo lo posible por lograr justicia y equidad para todos, mientras avanzamos juntos hacia un futuro más resiliente, inclusivo y justo.

[Dan Prince]

Thanks for sharing, Paul. This is great and reinforces my experiences with helping angry kids navigate their anger by slowing down in nature, listening for sounds, breathing, looking at colors and shapes, and kind of "shared meditating" in a way.

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[Kathy Conway]

Paul,

Great support for the techniques we learn in SOCAN's Sustaining Climate Activists. We probably need to meet more than monthly, but it's better than nothing to remind us what works.

Thanks - Kathy

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[Mike Oxendine]

They need to study the calming effects of an hour long smoke; hand rolled cigar, a cup of tea with a good friend watching the birds fly by. I would sign up for that study 😉🌳💪

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[Paul Sheldon]

Ha!

My friend Doug, the lifelong cigar smoker who recently survived throat cancer might disagree about the cigar, but my dad insisted that walking around the campfire smoking a cigar kept mosquitoes away ;)

I’m with you on the tea, friends, and birds. 

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[Sara Jones]

Hi All,

 

I wanted to share an event on May 2^nd called Sparking Action! to forward in your networks and, a June 5^th smoke training for schools and childcare centers.

 

Please see the attached Sparking Action event. We are trying to get this shared in our networks. We will have everything preparedness at the event.

 

Also, please see the following training for schools and childcare centers…

 

We are hoping a representative or a few folks can come for a training at SOU on smoke preparedness. Our audience for this is administration, facilities directors and champion teachers who may want to include air cleaning and smoke curriculum in their classrooms. Please see the details on the training below.    

 

Smokewise Ashland, Southern Oregon Forest Restoration Collaborative, Southern Oregon University and partners with Oregon State University’s ASPIRE Center invite you to attend smoke readiness training on Friday, June 5th.  Going into the 2026 wildfire season, with record low snowpack and warmer than normal temperatures this spring, we have an increased urgency for delivering smoke resources to schools, childcare centers, outdoor schools, and spaces serving children (libraries and learning spaces/children's museums).

 

Air Cleaners, Air Quality Monitors, Replacement Filters, N-95 Respirators and Smoke Planning:

Funding and supplies will be made available for organizations who participate in the June 5th training. Space is limited and we ask you to please register in advance to secure space.

 

Microgrants and resources for air quality monitoring and indoor air quality improvement are available (quantities limited).

Date: Friday, June 5, 2026

Time: 12:00-4:00 pm PT

 

Here is the link to register for the smoke readiness training on Friday, June 5th: https://smokereadinesstraining.rsvpify.com/

 

 

Thank You!

 

Sara

 

 

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