Resilience is positively linked with mindfulness and self-compassion, and negatively linked with attachment anxiety and avoidance. Mindfulness and self-compassion also show negative correlations with both attachment anxiety and avoidance. Multiple regression models including these factors account for significant variance in resilience. An exploratory analysis examines yoga practice and experience in relation to these constructs.
The thesis examines a new genre of literature called 'ayahuasca narratives', written by European and North American neo-shamanists who travel to Peru for ayahuasca tourism. Using Paul Ricoeur’s hermeneutic theory, the analysis explores how authors transform their ayahuasca experiences into narrative accounts. This process reveals how mestizo religious practices are represented as shamanic. The study argues that reading such narratives can influence readers' own lived experiences, shaping their understanding of indigenous traditions and personal healing.