Authors have advocated for the inclusion of spiritual cognition awareness (SCA) as a domain in metacognition with metacognitive knowledge (MCK) and metacognitive regulation (MCR). It is in our understanding the knowledge comes from within (i.e., spirituality) are the innate ability to know and regulate own cognitive process. Previous literature supports the notion that spirituality has positive effect in students’ cognition, thus enhances their learning. The self-report assessment to measure metacognition as domain-specific ability associated to spiritual cognition (knowledge) is not found in previous literature. The authors have included the spiritual cognitive awareness as a domain in metacognition based on spiritual cognition theory, while tracing the descriptions as delineated in Indian psychological roots. This study elaborates the construction, development, and standardization of the 45-item Gurukula Kangri Metacognition awareness scale (GKMAS). The different properties of scale were confirmed by content validity, face validity (cognitive interview), demonstration of reliability (internal consistency, test-retest, split half), convergent validity and discriminant validity. The rigorous literature review has been carried out (for inclusion) before starting content and face validation process to fit SCA into metacognition. The 45-item GKMAS was administered on total 457 higher education students, received acceptable Cronbach’s alpha value for GKMAS and its SCA, MCK, and MCR. The study has also discussed implications of GKMAS in academic and corporate settings.

Generally speaking, people are vulnerable to face rigorous work and learn how to enhance cognitive functions by improving mood state. The extant research evidence appears to support the proposition that yoga may improve mood and cognitive functions of the various populations. Balanced mood state plays a precious role in cognition, quality of life, and successful life. This review highlights the effect of yoga practices on improving mood and cognition and also provides inculcation of various yogic practices as a therapy to improve mood that leads to better cognitive function. It has been found that mood disturbance may lead to poorer cognition and cognitive impairment. Good cognitive functions depend on healthy frontal lobes of the brain and mood states. Therefore, there is need to populate the insights that healthy mood may lead to better cognition as a result of yoga interventions.