Good Karma

These practices, drawn from the yoga tradition, can sow the seeds of positive change in your life.

1) Start the day with a positive intention
It could be something like, I nourish the lives of the people around me" or "I am totally present with everyone I meet" or "I get my work done efficiently so I can spend time in nature". Notice how your intention guides your day.

2) Get clear about your motivations
One key to creating positive karma is to act with a positive motive. For example, when you're about to make a critical comment about someone, check to see why you're doing it. If you discern a hidden feeling of envy or self-righteousness, consider buttoning your lip or offering a compliment instead.

3) Act for the good of others
Certain acts and thoughts create positive samskaras-which ultimately result in positive life experiences. Decide to do something kind every day for a week. Give up your extra latte and put it into a personal fund to donate to a charity. Have lunch with the person in your office whom everyone ignores. Pick up litter on the nature strip. Recycle. Serve a meal at a homeless shelter. Each day, jot down in your journal what you did and how it felt

4) Break a bad habit
Sometimes just letting go of a minor habit can shift a karmic pattern and make a subtle but profound difference in your life. For one week, decide that you won't give in to one of your indulgent or unproductive habits. Begin with something fairly simple, such as noticing your inner state at the moment you reach to turn off the alarm instead of getting up to practice. Choose to do something different, such as getting out of bed and rolling out your yoga mat. Be gentle with yourself as you work with your habitual patterns. If you slip up, forgive yourself and try again next time!

5) Make an offering
The root of most negative karmic patterns is some form of selfishness. One antidote to this tendency is the practice of offering. When you do something positive, take a moment to inwardly offer it for the benefit of others. This helps ensure that your action is surrounded by beneficial motivation. Its one of the most powerful ways there is to create positive samskaras for yourself and for the benefit of the world around you.
source:Yoga_Asia_May-June2012