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How to tell your parents what you want to do in life? | Sadhguru in Conversation with YouTubers | #6
Synopsis: Also speaking of schooling, and parents, and careers. Right now, we’re in an age where there’s so many different offbeat careers coming up. As youtubers, we get this question all the time. You know, how did you talk to your parents about it? How do we convince our parents about this really new career that we have? I would ask you. If you had to convince your parents...
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Synopsis: Also speaking of schooling, and parents, and careers. Right now, we’re...
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April 20, 2021
How to protect my children? | Sadhguru in Conversation with Julie Gichuru | #12
Synopsis: You said something that is very interesting. You said that it’s our responsibility to make the generation after us a bit better. And for me, as a young mother, it’s quite a concern. And I would like to ask you, Sadhguru, if you have three tips to give me, as a mum, on how to protect my children from disconnections of themselves, while living in society. What would...
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Synopsis: You said something that is very interesting. You said that it’s our...
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April 17, 2021
What are the key things we need to teach this young generation? | Sadhguru in Conversation with Julie Gichuru | #4
Synopsis: And looking at the society we’re living in, and the children that we’re bringing up. It’s so dynamic. If they’re looking for positive information out there, they will find what they’re looking for. If they’re looking for negative information, they’ll find it. It’s easily accessible in this highly digital world we’re living in. What are the key things...
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Synopsis: And looking at the society we’re living in, and the children that we’re...
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April 17, 2021
The role of parenting in a child’s approach to life | Sadhguru in Conversation with Julie Gichuru | #3
Synopsis: My daughter is very close to her father. Do we have that in many families? Where the young lady can get anything from daddy, right? And my sons are very close to mommy. What happens in society that when they grow up, you would think that a man will always treasure and woman. And I think when families get it right, it doesn’t go wrong later. Where do we get it wrong?...
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Synopsis: My daughter is very close to her father. Do we have that in many families?...
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April 17, 2021
What is the right kind of education for our children?
Transcript: About education to children, I always feel more than right to education, there has to be a right kind of education. India is intellectually poor at the moment. What is your take on it? India is not, definitely not poor in intellect. I would say, I speak to all kinds of people around the world, business leaders, academics, scientists. But still I would say, pick up 100 people from the street, just like...
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Transcript: About education to children, I always feel more than right to education, there has to be a right kind...
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December 27, 2020
Your children doesn’t need a boss, they need a friend
Transcript: Now you're saying achieving your full potential is not happiness, how did this happen? See, tell me what is the greatest pleasure in your life? Moments of accomplishment, success. Yes or no? Is it so or no? It could be in personal life, it could be in professional life, it could be in social life, but when you get to do something well that is when you're happy, isn't it? It could be a small thing,...
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Transcript: Now you're saying achieving your full potential is not happiness, how did this happen? See, tell me what...
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December 16, 2020
Parenting tip – How to make my child look up to me?
Transcript: A child, in many ways, is an impression of all the adults who impact his life. Particularly the parents, teachers, and others. If you want your children to be of a certain quality, the foremost thing that you need to pay attention to is, are you exuding that quality? What endears a child to everyone is that he's an exuberant life and a bundle of joy most of the time. Unless you cause misery to him....
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Transcript: A child, in many ways, is an impression of all the adults who impact his life. Particularly the parents,...
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December 4, 2020
How to develop a child’s brain in the womb?
Transcript: The intelligence of the body is such, if you already do not know this, if a woman delivers a male child, the quality of the milk that she produces is in a certain way. If she delivers a female child, the quality of the milk is totally different. If she delivers twins, one male and one female, one breast will ooze certain type of milk, another breast will ooze another kind of milk. This is the level...
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Transcript: The intelligence of the body is such, if you already do not know this, if a woman delivers a male child,...
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October 6, 2020
Do outside influences during pregnancy affect the baby?
Transcript: If you do not know this. Maybe Northern part of the country it's largely, almost gone totally, in South it's still little alive in the villages, but there also it's wiped out quite a bit. If you do not know this, from preconception to conception to various stages of pregnancy, and delivering, and as long as the mother is feeding the child, there's an entire established process in this country. As to...
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Transcript: If you do not know this. Maybe Northern part of the country it's largely, almost gone totally, in South...
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October 3, 2020
How to be with your child?
Transcript: So whenever a child enters people's lives, they always think, it's time to teach. No. When a child enters your life, it's time to learn. Because, between you and your child, who is more joyful? So who should be a consultant for life? Definitely he's better qualified than you, isn't it? You have to teach him a few survival skills that he will learn anyway. You can also guide him a little bit. But when...
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Transcript: So whenever a child enters people's lives, they always think, it's time to teach. No. When a child enters...
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October 2, 2020
How to become a good parent?
Transcript: Fundamentally we must understand, life needs nurture, atmosphere. Not fixing. Nothing to be fixed about it. It just needs an atmosphere where it will flourish best. What grows in Southern California will not grow in Minnesota, isn't it? That kind of life needs that kind of atmosphere, that kind of nurture. Only then it'll happen. So this is something that we have to pay attention to. There is no involvement....
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Transcript: Fundamentally we must understand, life needs nurture, atmosphere. Not fixing. Nothing to be fixed about...
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September 27, 2020
How to bring up your children
Transcript: We must understand this, a child is not an industrial product. A child is a life, a fresh life. You are supposed to nurture this life. It's not that you put it through some kind of an industrial process called a school. It's like an industry. Everybody is taught the same damn thing, everybody is supposed to go through the same thing. And come out the same way and find a job and serve something, somewhere....
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Transcript: We must understand this, a child is not an industrial product. A child is a life, a fresh life. You are...
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September 26, 2020
Go here for your next vacation – especially if you have children
Transcript: If you can find a place where there are no sounds of machines and your cell phone will not ting ting. Quietly if you can listen to the sound of the trees, the breeze, the water. Just the natural sounds. If you pay enough attention, tremendous things will happen to you. Many times I've been in the South Indian, you know, their kind of tropical rainforests. The longest I've been there, through the jungle,...
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Transcript: If you can find a place where there are no sounds of machines and your cell phone will not ting ting....
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September 21, 2020
How much freedom should kids have?
Transcript: Full Transcript: See this idea that we have to raise our children is a very Western idea. You just have to allow them to grow. You should not raise them. You only raise cattle. You don't raise human beings. You just have to create an atmosphere of love, joy, and responsibility. In your question you used the word 'freedom'. Freedom is a bad word. You should never utter the word freedom. Nor should your...
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Transcript: Full Transcript: See this idea that we have to raise our children is a very Western idea. You just have...
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September 9, 2020
The only real solution to phone addiction
Transcript: So, technology is not to be blamed. We have not addressed human compulsive nature. Human compulsiveness can only be addressed with consciousness. More conscious way of existing. To become conscious, there are many tools. We have not propogated this large scale in our society. It has to become a part of our existence. At a very early age, children should learn to live consciously. Once they are conscious,...
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Transcript: So, technology is not to be blamed. We have not addressed human compulsive nature. Human compulsiveness...
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September 8, 2020
If both parents are working, will the child be lonely?
Transcript: When I was growing as a child, both my parents were working. And there were times when I was feeling lonely and very miserable. Although, my parents did give their part of comfort to me, there were times I was feeling lonely on the inside. And, what can our future parents, or what can we do to our kids, to not feel the same way? Thank you. Well, in India, this is the first generation where women have...
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Transcript: When I was growing as a child, both my parents were working. And there were times when I was feeling...
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August 21, 2020
Why should children learn Yoga?
Transcript: See everybody can drive a car today. But not everybody can hold the car on the road at 200km/hr. They'll fly off. Because for that you need a lot of understanding, of how the machine functions. Similarly, if you function at a rudimentary level in your life, everybody will eat, sleep, reproduce, and die. But if you want to raise a human being to a higher level of function, then there has to be a more...
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Transcript: See everybody can drive a car today. But not everybody can hold the car on the road at 200km/hr. They'll...
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August 14, 2020
Parenting Tip – You must spend dedicated time with your children
Transcript: Those who decide to have children must have dedicated time for the child. Not fitting in here, one ten minutes here, ten minutes there. You must have full fledged dedicated time because it is about making the next generation better than who we are. There is nothing special to be done, you don't have to buy a single toy. You just have to spend time. You just have to expose them to nature. You just have...
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Transcript: Those who decide to have children must have dedicated time for the child. Not fitting in here, one ten...
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July 19, 2020
Parenting Tip – don’t prepare your child for something
Transcript: Let your children do something that you could not dream of. If you have achieved a certain level of success, you have taken care of bread for your children. So let them live a life where they don't have to think about their bread, that is, they don't live for their survival. They live to create something, that is wonderful for everybody. For himself, and for everybody else. This is the mistake, or...
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Transcript: Let your children do something that you could not dream of. If you have achieved a certain level of success,...
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July 10, 2020
Parenting Tip – How to discipline your child
Transcript: If you want your children to consider the suggestions that you are making, don't try to discipline them. If it works, if you try to discipline them and it works. Unfortunately it means that you have dumb children. If they're smart, it just won't work. Really. Isn't it so? You don't like this? If they're just dumb, helpless children, it'll work. Otherwise your damn disciplining won't work. Yes, here...
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Transcript: If you want your children to consider the suggestions that you are making, don't try to discipline them....
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July 3, 2020
Parenting tip – Don’t live your dreams through your children
Transcript: Parents think all the things that they could not do, they must acheive through their children. So they should have bred race horses. They are not an extension of your ambitions, they are not. And they need not be. So this is because people think they own their children. No, they are not your property. I think these days they are telling you, older generation hesitated to say this. This generation,...
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Transcript: Parents think all the things that they could not do, they must acheive through their children. So they...
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June 28, 2020
Parenting Tip – Treat your children as equals from early childhood
Transcript: If you are a parent - the important thing is, please don’t stand on a big pedestal. The only qualification you have is that you just came here a few years early. So this is the only qualification adults have, that they came here a few years earlier than the younger people. This doesn’t qualify you to advise about everything in the universe. It doesn’t. If you admit your ignorance with the youth,...
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Transcript: If you are a parent - the important thing is, please don’t stand on a big pedestal. The only qualification...
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June 24, 2020
To be joyful or to be loving – what is more important?
Synopsis: In this short talk, Sadhguru says - "A child needs a stable, pleasant atmosphere to grow". Is it more important to be joyful, or loving? Sadhguru tells us, that first you must be joyful, once you are capable of holding your joy, then you can add some love! Children need love and attention only till 5-6 years of age. The most important thing is that you create a joyful atmosphere around them.
Synopsis: In this short talk, Sadhguru says - "A child needs a stable, pleasant atmosphere to grow". Is it more...
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June 14, 2020
Should Sex and Violence be banned in movies?
Synopsis: Is it Ok for movies / TV shows to show content which is extremely violent or sexual in nature? What should parents do to protect their children? Should governments clamp down and enforce a ban on such content? What is a society's role in all this? Sadhguru answers this question in a Q&A session during Conversation with Nani - a famous South Indian actor
Synopsis: Is it Ok for movies / TV shows to show content which is extremely violent or sexual in nature? What should...
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October 11, 2019
Are you a Good parent?
Synopsis: What are the three things I need to be doing as a Parent to ensure I am raising my children in the best possible way? Sadhguru answers a question from a working mother in most profound way....
Synopsis: What are the three things I need to be doing as a Parent to ensure I am raising my children in the best...
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August 15, 2019
How much karmic influence do parents have on their children?
Synopsis: Lakshmi Manchu asks Sadhguru - "Namaskaram Sadhguru. I have a question. So, does the relationship that we have with our parents, impact the course of our life? If yes, how best our we to nurture this?" Sadhguru tells is that parents karmic influence on their children is till the age of 21 years.
Synopsis: Lakshmi Manchu asks Sadhguru - "Namaskaram Sadhguru. I have a question. So, does the relationship that...
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September 17, 2018
How To Bring Up Your Children?
Synopsis: In this short but powerful talk, Sadhguru tells us that we have made education into an industry, and a child into an industrial product. Each life is unique, and we should strive to provide an atmosphere where this life will blossom. Sadhguru tells, bringing up a child is a 20 year project, and one must have the commitment and patience to nurture a fresh life. There are no ready-made solutions - it...
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Synopsis: In this short but powerful talk, Sadhguru tells us that we have made education into an industry, and...
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December 19, 2017
Struggling to deal with teenage kids?
Synopsis: Every parent goes through trying times dealing with their teenagers. This is simply because parents have not equipped themselves on how to handle this situation. In this entertaining and highly insightful talk, Sadhguru advises on what parent must do to make it an enjoyable journey for both- the parent and the child. A teenage child is seeking a "Friend" and not a "Parent" and most parents are lousy...
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Synopsis: Every parent goes through trying times dealing with their teenagers. This is simply because parents have...
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March 23, 2017
Parenting Tips: How to parent a teenager
We have started looking at every situation that we cannot handle as a problem! Sadhguru says - "Whatever you cannot handle, you call a problem, rather than seeing it is only a situation and trying to equip yourself to handle it. The moment you call it a problem, unpleasantness is a natural consequence." He shared 5 simple tips for parenting a teenager. #1 Be a good friend. #2 Make them responsible. #3 Stop eulogizing helplessness. #4 Don't "own" them. Include them. #5 Do something about yourself.
September 16, 2020
Should I Get My Child Vaccinated?
Many people today are advocating against getting your child vaccinated. In fact, anti-vaccination campaigns are gaining momentum, especially in developed societies. So, is it essential to get my child vaccinated? I am not comfortable injecting so many chemicals into my child. Sadhguru suggests that vaccines are definitely necessary, but perhaps the kind of vaccines and the spectrum that is being administered today may not be necessary. So what is the solution - Sadhguru suggests a pragmatic approach.
October 3, 2019
How To Bring Up My Child?
We are trying to turn everything into machinery; into some use - human beings need not be useful. If one becomes joyless while striving to be useful, then the purpose of life is wasted. A normal child is a complete being; so do not try to make something out of him - just strive to nurture them to their full potential. Sadhguru says, for the entire time until the child become twenty one, you must feel like you are still pregnant - Just provide the right atmosphere and wait!
January 8, 2019
Why Do We Form Families?
Why do some families turn out beautiful and other ugly? Sadhguru tells us that family is not about duty, it is not about dependence - rather it is a kind of partnership where both partners are constantly concerned about the other persons wellbeing. Above all it is essential for the nurturing, training and molding of a child.
December 2, 2018
Do I Follow My Dreams Or Listen To My Parents?
Whatever we may want to do, there is a price to pay. Isn't it unrealistic to expect that every time everyone, including our parents approve of what we want to do? Sadhguru says, such a thing does not happen. So, first step is to try and convince them. If that doesn't work, then you need to see how deep and with what clarity is your desire and what is the price you are willing to pay.
October 25, 2018
Laxmi Manchu – How Should Our Parents Influence Our Lives
Sadhguru tells us that as per the Yogic Sciences, the parents energetic or karmic influence upon us is only for the first twenty one years of our age. After that we should live in gratitude and love towards them - but not influenced by their patterns. We should not look towards parents nurturing us beyond twenty one years of age.
September 24, 2018
VVS Laxman – Should Kids Have Freedom To Do What They Want?
This is a must read for all the parents. Sadhguru simplifies this complicated problem for all parents, in a way that ones perspective on freedom is completely altered! Instead of raising children, we should allow them to grow. "Freedom" - is not a word that one should utter, and the children should also not get used to this word. What is important is to bring into their life a certain sense of responsibility. Once the necessary responsibility is there, freedom will be a natural consequence.
September 7, 2018
What Is ‘Right’ Parenting?
Though we are teaching the child alphabets, and mathematics, we are not investing any time in teaching them how they function from within. We have set wrong priorities in our education system. Sadhguru says - "A child needs an ecosystem. What kind of things are they exposed to, what are they doing with their lives, where are we trying to drive them?". Most parents, instead of cultivating the genius within the child, are driving them in a particular direction. Sadhguru says - "When the child was inside, you did nothing, right? Just nourished yourself well and waited. Just like that – provide the atmosphere and wait."
October 16, 2017
How To Respond When My Child Asks For Advice?
Sadhguru says - "If you have something that has really worked for you – if it has brought much joy and life to you – you can tell them for sure. If you do not know something, tell them, 'I don’t know, let’s look at it.'...". If it is something important, then you must spend time with them looking at it. If you admit to them that there are things that you do not know, your child will become a seeker and not an asker!
February 2, 2017
What kind of yoga should kids do, and at what age?
Many parents wonder what is the best way to introduce yoga to children. So, what is the right age to introduce yoga to children? Sadhguru says - "Seven years is generally considered a good age." In response to what kind of yoga should be taught to children, Sadhguru says - "There are simple forms of yoga that children can do after six or seven years of age. But it is very important that certain practices are not taught to them." Sadhguru says, children can start with Upa Yoga, Nada Yoga and Yoga Namaskar.
November 4, 2016
Parenting Tips: How to parent a teenager
September 16, 2020
Should I Get My Child Vaccinated?
October 3, 2019
How To Bring Up My Child?
January 8, 2019
Why Do We Form Families?
December 2, 2018
Do I Follow My Dreams Or Listen To My Parents?
October 25, 2018
Laxmi Manchu – How Should Our Parents Influence Our Lives
September 24, 2018
VVS Laxman – Should Kids Have Freedom To Do What They Want?
September 7, 2018
What Is ‘Right’ Parenting?
October 16, 2017
How To Respond When My Child Asks For Advice?
February 2, 2017
What kind of yoga should kids do, and at what age?
November 4, 2016