Again, always use your intuition. If an idea drops in on how to hold your SHIFT pen for a particular job, then that is how you hold it. For me, personally, let’s say I was going to shift an alarm clock…I would hold the SHIFT pen horizontal up to the clock, then slowly move that pen back and forth from one end to the next…back and forth, slowly, about a half an inch above the clock for 15 sec. (see INSTRUCTIONS).