To sign 'how are you feeling', form both hands into open handshapes with your middle fingers bent inward. Place the tips of your bent middle fingers on your lower chest and brush them upward. Crucially, furrow your eyebrows and tilt your head slightly forward, as this facial expression acts as the question marker.
Sign 'TODAY' followed by the 'how are you feeling' sign, keeping your eyebrows furrowed to ask the question.
Sign 'YOU LOOK SICK', then transition into the 'how are you feeling' sign to check in on their health.
Sign 'NEW WORK', then use the 'how are you feeling' sign to ask for their emotional reaction.
Sign 'TODAY' followed by the 'how are you feeling' sign, keeping your eyebrows furrowed to ask the question.
Sign 'YOU LOOK SICK', then transition into the 'how are you feeling' sign to check in on their health.
Sign 'NEW WORK', then use the 'how are you feeling' sign to ask for their emotional reaction.
Yes, you can sign 'FEEL' using only your dominant hand while maintaining the furrowed eyebrows. The two-handed version shown here often adds a bit more emphasis or warmth to the question.
In ASL, you don't always need a separate sign for 'how'. The furrowed eyebrows act as the WH-question marker, turning the concept of 'feeling' into the question 'how are you feeling?'
It can be used for both! You can use this sign to ask someone if they are recovering from a cold, or to ask how they are emotionally handling a specific situation.
