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Although the teaching profession has traditionally been regarded as low stress occupation (French et al.,1982) but during the past two decades the situation is somersaulted (Olivier & Venter,2003)Teaching is becoming more challenging as a profession, a more paper work, more bureaucracy and more unruly classes. Worldwide surveys reveal widespread concern about the effects of stress on teachers' sense of well-being and their willingness to stay in the profession. Progressive muscle relaxation [PMR] was first identified by Jacobson in 1934 as tensing and releasing of 16 muscle groups. Wolpe adapted it for use with systematic desensitization in 1948 and Bernstein and Borkovec in 1973 studied adjustments to the technique to fit cognitive behavioural stress management. Some of these adjustments are: 7 and 4 muscle groups, relaxation through recall, recall and counting, and counting. Empirical evidence supports the use of PMR in high level tension responses and mind body techniques. The aim of the study was to assess the effectiveness of Jacobson progressive muscle relaxation technique related to occupational stress among teaching staff of selected secondary schools of the urban city. Methods : A pre experimental method was undertaken where 80 teaching staff of secondary school were recruited as sample by non- probability convenient sampling method. Using NIOSH (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health) Modified generic job stress scale data was collected. Data analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics to describe and show the association between occupational stress and the variables. Result : The study result depicted that, in pre-test 50% of the teaching staff had moderate(score 60-90) and 29% of them had severe (score 91-120) and 21% subjects had mild stress, while in post-test only 1% of the teaching staff remained in severe category of occupational stress (score 91-120), 75% of them had moved to mild occupational stress (score 31-60) and 24% of subjects had moderate occupational stress (score 61-90).The comparisons of the pre- test and post- test means of the occupational stress were done by the paired t test. Average occupational stress score in pre-test was 69.62 which has reduced to 52.42 in post-test. t-value for this test was 9.07 with 79 degrees of freedom. Corresponding p-value was small (less than 0.05).Occupational stress score in post-test was significantly low as compared to that in pre-test. Conclusion : It is concluded that the level of occupational stress among teaching staff was reduced significantly after application of Jacobson progressive muscle relaxation technique