British Journal of Nursing Studies ISSN: 2755-080X DOI: 10.32996/bjns Journal Homepage: www.al-kindipublisher.com/index.php/bjns BJNS AL-KINDI CENTER FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT Copyright: © 2022 the Author(s). This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Published by Al-Kindi Centre for Research and Development, London, United Kingdom. Page | 37 | RESEARCH ARTICLE The Role of Yoga Exercises on the Level of Anxiety in Pregnant Women at the Bondowoso Health Center Grido Handoko Sriyono 1 ✉ Nur Hamim 2 and Umi Narsih 3 12 Nurse Prody, STIKes Hafshawaty, Probolinggo, Indonesia 3 Midwife Prody, STIKes Hafshawaty, Probolinggo, Indonesia Corresponding Author: Grido Handoko Sriyono, E-mail: gridoprob@gmail.com | ABSTRACT Anxiety is overthinking something that has not happened yet. The anxiety of pregnant women can arise because the long wait for birth is full of uncertainty. Much anxiety occurs in pregnant women who are nearing the time of delivery. This study aims to determine prenatal gentle yoga's effect on the anxiety level in third-trimester pregnant women facing childbirth in PMB, Wringin District. The type of research used includes quasi-experimental research (queasy experiment) with pre-test and post-test with control group design. The sampling technique used was systematic random sampling. The research sample was 60 pregnant women divided into two control groups, 30 pregnant women. The analysis used is bivariate analysis. The results showed a significant effect on the intervention group after gentle prenatal yoga was performed, with a sign of value 0/000. The conclusion of this study shows that there is an effect of prenatal gentle yoga on the level of anxiety in third-trimester pregnant women facing childbirth. | KEYWORDS Prenatal Gentle Yoga, anxiety, pregnant women | ARTICLE INFORMATION ACCEPTED: 30 November 2022 PUBLISHED: 01 December 2022 DOI: 10.32996/bjns.2022.2.1.4 1. Introduction Pregnancy is a physiological phenomenon that begins with conception and ends with the birth process (Patriasari, 2009). Pregnant women experience significant changes in physiological and psychological functions, and the process of adjusting to this new situation often causes anxiety (Aprianawati & Sulistyorini, 2007). Anxiety is an emotional state characterized by physiological arousal, unpleasant feelings of tension, and feelings of fear, prejudice, or premonition (Hawari, 2011). Anxiety disorder is a severe anxiety disorder that can result in premature birth for pregnant women, according to Hoang (2004). Anxiety can result from worrying about the upcoming delivery and preparing for the baby's needs. Anxiety as a response to stress can stimulate the body to find it difficult to relax because the muscles become tense and the heart beats fast, and it is difficult for pregnant women to relax and then have sleep problems. (Wahyuni, 2017). Pregnant women have anxiety because of the long waiting period for birth, which is full of uncertainty and thoughts about scary things during the delivery process. This fear is often felt in the first or primigravida pregnancies, especially in the face of childbirth (Kartono, 2007). The psychological burden on a pregnant woman is more common in the third trimester than in the first and second trimesters (Buckwalter & Simpson, 2002). In a previous study in 2019, pregnant women who experienced anxiety in the severe anxiety category before doing yoga were 69 .7%. Furthermore, after doing yoga, the intervention went down to mild anxiety.