Baba Healing
A book by Chris Shaw

How to Feel

A book about one honest question, asked every day.

The first draft is written.

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The idea

One question, asked honestly every day, can help turn worry, shame and fear back into the love they came from.

Who it is for

  • People who think more than they feel.
  • People who worry a lot.
  • Anyone who wants one simple daily practice.

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If I had a son, I would say to him, the feelings that you have are the reward.

One day in September 2011, Chris stopped in a grocery store and realized he had everything he always wanted.

Then he lost it and got back to shopping.

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Inside the book

Three parts, twelve chapters and a closing letter.

Part one: the question

  1. 1
    Feeling feltWhy everyone wants to feel felt.
  2. 2
    The only question that mattersThe answer is a choice: I love how I feel.
  3. 3
    Where I learned itA promise made as a small child, and the breathing practice that undid it.

Part two: what gets in the way

  1. 4
    Worry is love in disguiseEvery worry was formed out of love.
  2. 5
    The fear under every fearFear sits where a want feels too big to believe.
  3. 6
    Shame about shameSeeing the shame of shame loosens it.
  4. 7
    Pain wants to be lovedLove the pain for one second, then love that you loved it.
  5. 8
    Money is not a report cardYour worth is not a bank balance.

Part three: living it

  1. 9
    The voice you use with yourselfWould you say that to your kid?
  2. 10
    Everyone wants to be lovedUnder anger, people are protecting their love.
  3. 11
    Treasure how you feelHow you feel now is the reward.
  4. 12
    The practiceThe breath meditation, step by step.
  5. ✦
    EnoughA closing letter to the reader.

The How to Feel course

Seven short video lessons that teach the book's one practice.
Each lesson pairs a diary clip with a short new intro.
The course opens after the book.

  1. 1
    Ask it out loudAsk the question and give the answer in under a minute.
  2. 2
    The daily practiceRun the core breath meditation on your own, with a timer.
  3. 3
    WorryCatch a worry and find the love behind it.
  4. 4
    FearName the fear under a fear.
  5. 5
    Shame and painMeet shame and pain without piling more on.
  6. 6
    Talking to yourselfSpeak to yourself the way you would to a child you love.
  7. 7
    Love and other peopleSee the love under someone's anger, and treasure how you feel.

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