Imagine how relaxing and effortless it would feel to drift off to your desired reality on a cloud. Cloud method shifting is a reality shifting technique where you picture yourself resting on a soft cloud and let it carry you, or drop you gently, into your DR.
Quick pick
Which Cloud Method Should You Try?
Every version starts on a soft cloud. Pick by how you’d like to arrive.
- Happy to drift off to sleep? Cloud Method #1: merge with your DR self, then a gentle fall
- Can’t picture things? The simple version: feel your bed as a cloud and count
- Don’t like the falling feeling? Cloud Method #2: float up and fly into your DR room
- Shifting to a waiting room in the sky? Cloud Method #2
- Jolt awake as you start to fall? It’s a common sleep twitch, see the questions
Keep reading below The steps Cloud Method #1 Cloud Method #2 Questions
Shifters have shared more than one version of the Cloud Method: a Wattpad guide, one from a shifter on the Amino app, a Reddit post and a TikTok video. In this guide, we are going to explain how to do the two fullest versions in detail.
We will then answer a couple of questions you might have about Cloud method shifting.
Step-by-Step Guide to the Cloud Method for Reality Shifting
Below are the directions for both Cloud Methods.
○ Cloud Method #1
- Put on theta waves, subliminals, or ambient noise if it helps you get into the right state of mind.
- Lay down in starfish position or any other relaxing position you prefer. It is ideal if you do so on a soft surface such as your bed or a pile of pillows.
- Do breathing or relaxation exercises at this stage if it helps. This step is optional.
- Picture that you are on a cloud up in the sky. It can be any time of day or night in your visualization. Try and feel the softness of the cloud, a sense of weightlessness and peace, and the gentle breeze as you float.
- Imagine your desired reality (DR) self is on the cloud with you, holding your hand and saying, “You are going home.” Then your hands merge together, followed by the rest of you. Now you are your DR self.
- The cloud dissolves, and now you fall. But this is not a scary experience. Picture it as your DR’s gravity gently pulling you home.
- Speak affirmations such as “I am [DR Name],” or “I am in my DR now.”
- Let yourself fall asleep, intending to wake up in your DR.
We have encountered a simple variant of this method that may work better for shifting without visualization. It is the closest to the original Wattpad guide.
Do steps 1-3, then feel your bed as soft as a cloud instead of picturing one, and let yourself sink into it. Skip steps 5-8.
Count slowly from 100 to 0 (or up to 100), one number per breath. Then feel yourself fall gently through the roof of your DR room into your DR bed, and open your eyes.
If the drop is your favorite part, the Falling method builds a whole routine around it.
○ Cloud Method #2
If you like the Cloud Method above but would prefer something that does not involve falling, here is a different version that you might enjoy. For a flight hand in hand with someone from your DR, try the Sunrise Method.
We especially recommend Cloud Method #2 if you are shifting to a desired reality or waiting room that is in the sky.
- Put on subliminals or other sounds if you want.
- Breathe in deeply, then exhale. As you do, picture you are exhaling not just breath, but consciousness. Feel yourself leaving your current reality body, as weightless as the air itself.
- Picture you are now floating up to the sky. It can be any time of day or night.
- Fly onto or into a cloud. Focus on your intent to arrive at your DR or waiting room. If you want, you can recite shifting affirmations.
- Fly out of the cloud and directly into your DR or waiting room bedroom.
- See your DR self sleeping on your DR bed. Lie down and merge into your DR body.
- Fall asleep, intending to wake up in your desired reality or waiting room.
If you wake up in your own bed, do not read it as failing. Try the other version another night. And if shifting has started to feel like the only escape from a hard time, read Is reality shifting dangerous? and talk to someone you trust.
Frequently Asked Questions About the Cloud Method Shifting
You can combine ideas from the variations on the Cloud Method we described above or use each individual method as it is written. Below are answers to a couple of questions you might have about using these techniques.
Do I need to use theta waves, subliminals, etc.?
The Cloud Method works quite naturally as a sleep shifting method, but not everyone can fall asleep while listening to theta waves or subliminals. If that is the case for you, do not worry about it. Just skip playing the sounds so you can drift off easily.
Can I use the Cloud Method as an awake method?
Yes, you can use the Cloud Method as an awake method. In fact, the variation we described at the end of Cloud Method #1 is an awake option. But you can turn any version of the Cloud Method into an asleep or awake method as you desire. There are also plenty of other non-sleep shifting methods you can consider using.
What if I jolt awake when I start to fall?
That jolt is called a hypnic jerk. NHS Borders says most people have one at some point, often felt as a sudden fall while drifting off, and more often when they are over-tired or lying uncomfortably. Try this method when you are rested and comfortable, make the fall slow like a drifting feather, or switch to Cloud Method #2, which has no fall. If the jerks happen a lot while you are awake, or all night, see a doctor.
What if I forget the steps halfway?
You do not need to start over. Just remember three beats for Cloud Method #1: the cloud, merging with your DR self, and the fall. Or use the simple counting version, where you only feel your bed as a cloud and count.
