As long as I could remember, I’d always felt slightly ill at ease when at my grandparents house. While visiting them, I set the Elixir of Ayahuasca on the bedside table and went to sleep. I woke up, or at least it felt like I was awake but maybe it was a dream?

Anyway, I saw — it felt very physical — a small spirit being with glowing eyes in the corner of the room. She told me that she lived there and it was her job to look after my grandmother.

I wasn’t scared of her, but her energy did feel similar to the feeling I’d so long had in that space: slightly off. I wondered what my parents would say when I told them about the spirit and she, apparently reading my mind, told me “they’ll never believe you anyway.”

It made me curious to get my grandmother some of the elixir— maybe in her coffee? I don’t know what this all meant but I think the elixir opened me and offered confirmation of something I’d always sensed. I’m very curious as to what else might come of it. - EB, 23, female

I have been using the Elixir of Ayahuasca daily in my water bottle for a few weeks. One thing I’ve noticed is being more present to my feelings. It’s familiar to emotional experiences I’ve had when sitting with the medicine in circle.

Mother Aya enhances my emotions; feelings of vulnerability and love are profound. It’s quite beautiful. For example, in the check out line at the store, I noticed the eyes of the woman behind the counter. She was so beautiful, I had a sense of how she’s lived and was present to this divine being in front of me. I was inspired and said “Wow. You have such beautiful, knowing eyes.” She was receptive to the comment and that was that. A sweet exchange and a deeply felt knowing. The drops seem to ‘slow’ me down to see what’s actually important, to notice the beauty all around me. They connect me with who I know I really am.

I’m grateful to be more aware this sort of magic in ‘regular life.’ Presence and feeling seems to be what life is truly all about. —HB, 49, female