"[[Theodore Roosevelt]] was sent west by his doctor after the death of his mother and wife to lose himself in the bigness of the [[Dakota Badlands]]. Yes, **Teddy was a hunter and a rancher and a man’s man, but his two greatest passions? Sitting quietly on a porch with a book and birdwatching**. "The [[Japanese]] have a concept, [[shinrin yoku]]—forest bathing—which is a form of therapy that **uses nature as a treatment for mental and spiritual issues**. Hardly a week passed, even when he was president, that [[Theodore Roosevelt|Roosevelt]] didn’t take a forest bath of some kind." ([Location 1448](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07QY3CZ9L&location=1448)) --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[mindfulness]], [[not-speaking]], [[environmental-design]], **Source** -- [[202409180133 - B - Stillness is the Key]]