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Occupational Stress is a chronic disease caused by conditions at the workplace that negatively affect an individual's performance and overall well-being of body and mind. Many studies related to the Occupational Stress of nurses have shown that Occupational Stress decreases the quality of nursing care and increases the hospital stay of patients. Various research studies have also demonstrated prolonged stress on nurses causes not only physical disorders of the musculoskeletal system but also increases their vulnerability to mental illnesses such as depressive and anxiety disorders. The objective of study: to identify the Occupational Stress of nurses in selected hospitals of an urban area. To assess the effectiveness of Pranayama on Occupational Stress of nurses in selected hospitals of an urban area. To find out the difference between Occupational Stress experimental and control group, and to describe the association between Occupational Stress and selected background variables. Material and method: one group pretest and posttest with a control group experimental research design was applied. Ten samples were selected by simple random sampling method and data was assessed by the standardized tools as expanded nurses stress scale and tool to assess and classify work related stress. Result: the data analysis was done by descriptive and inferential statistics. In Pranayama t value was 7.2 with 4 degree of freedom. The corresponding p value was small and null hypothesis were rejected. Average Occupational Stress score reduced after practicing Pranayama