Sunrise Method Shifting of Reality (2 Unique Methods)

Sunrise method shifting is a visualization where someone from your desired reality (DR) takes your hand and flies with you to your DR home. There are two versions: in one you take off from a field at sunrise, and in the other you fly at night and watch the sun come up from your DR bed.

There is something magical about the moment the sun rises above the horizon each day. It signals the start of something fresh, the onset of a new adventure.

If you are ready for the dawn of a new day in your desired reality, the Sunrise method shifting may appeal to you.

Pick Sunrise Method #1 if you like to start somewhere calm and bright, and Sunrise Method #2 if you are already in bed at night. You can do either one awake or as you fall asleep.

This guide will introduce you to both variations with detailed instructions. We will also explain why the Sunrise Method suits sleep shifting, and answer some questions about the technique. If you want to compare it with other methods first, see the full list of shifting methods.

Step-by-Step Guide to the Sunrise Shifting Method

Let’s go over the steps for each version of the Sunrise Method. You can use these techniques individually, or you can combine or modify them.

○ Sunrise Method #1

1. Sit or lie in a comfortable position. Close your eyes.
2. Imagine you are in a field or other beautiful natural setting. If you can visualize, picture the sun rising. Try to feel the grass, the breeze, etc. If there are sounds of insects, animals, leaves rustling, or so forth, try and hear them.
3. Picture a special person from your DR approaching you. They take a seat next to you. Have a little conversation with your DR person.
4. Stand up in your imagination with your DR person. Your DR person will say, “Are you ready?” Say that you are. They will offer you their hand.

5. Take their hand. Both of you will float up into the air, defying gravity. Look around you, rising as the sun does, and enjoy the scenery.
6. Fly together until you reach your DR home, which will also be floating in the air.
7. Fly up to your window and enter.
8. Thank your DR person. They will depart.
9. Picture yourself lying down in your desired reality bed.
10. Once you are ready, you can open your eyes in your DR. If you prefer, you can drift off to sleep, and then wake up in your DR.

Note: You can use either version of the Sunrise Method in the first or third person. Go with whichever feels easiest.

○ Sunrise Method #2

1. Lie down and get comfortable.
2. Think of a person you want to be nearby when you wake up in your desired reality (not necessarily in the same bed or the same home).
3. Imagine your DR person approaching you and offering you their hand. When you take their hand, you both float up through the ceiling and roof into the night sky like super heroes.

4. Fly with your DR person to your desired reality, continuing to hold hands. Imagine you are becoming your DR self.
5. Picture you and your DR person crossing a “barrier” of some sort at some point. You can interpret this concept however you wish. Ask your DR person as you cross this threshold where you are headed. Your DR person will respond with something like, “Home.”

Some people who prefer shifting methods without visualization can at this point switch temporarily to the Raven Method for a little bit.

The reason to do this is just to give your brain a little break and say some helpful shifting affirmations to yourself. If you visualize with ease, do not worry about doing this.

6. When you make it across the barrier, you will find yourself in your DR in the vicinity of your DR home.
7. Fly down to your DR home, and go through one of the windows.
8. Thank your DR person if they are not coming in with you. They will turn around and fly off. If they live there too, they will come in after you do.
9. Lie down in your DR bed.
10. Gaze through the window. As you do, the sun will come up, starting a new day in your desired reality. Allow yourself a smile as you reflect on your night flight, and feel how safe and cozy your DR bed is.
11. Either open your eyes in your DR, or go to sleep and wake up in your DR.

If you open your eyes in your own room, that is how many first tries go, so try again another night or switch versions. And if shifting has started to feel like the only way out of something hard, read Is reality shifting dangerous? and talk to someone you trust.

Sunrise Shifting Method Integrates Well With Lucid Dreaming Techniques

Shifters use the Sunrise Method as an awake shifting method too, but it suits sleep methods especially well. The reason why is because many people dream about flying.

If you commonly do, you could consider blending the Sunrise Method with a Lucid Dreaming Method, especially if you have a knack for falling asleep directly into a lucid dream.

You could, for example, visualize flying in the Sunrise Method, and then fall asleep to a dream of flight. Next, you could use the “barrier” from Sunrise Method #2 as your doorway in the Portal method from our lucid dream guide.

Frequently Asked Questions About the Sunrise Shifting Method

You are now ready to try out either Sunrise Method. But first, let’s clear up a couple of things that might confuse you about this set of related techniques.