The Relationship between Mental and Somatic Practices and Wisdom

摘要: In this study we sought to explore how experience with specific mental and somatic practices is associated wisdom, using self-report measures of wisdom. We administered standard surveys measure wisdom among four groups practitioners practices, namely, meditators, the Alexander Technique, Feldenkrais Method, classical ballet dancers. additionally trait anxiety empathy all participants possible mediating relationships by characteristics thought be components Wisdom was higher on average meditation practitioners, lowest dancers, difference held when controlling for differences in age between supporting view that linked not. However, found increased were both positively lowered mediated positive association and, non-significantly, These results suggest not are purported affect processing related same degree different kinds appear relate ways, suggesting mechanisms might underlie development experience.