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  • Background: Pregnant women who are less physically active tend to have an prolonged labor that increases the risk of maternal and fetal death Objective: To determine the influence of yoga pregnancy guidance to knowledge, attitudes and skills of pregnant women in implementing yoga. Method: Pre-experimental research design of one group pretest-posttest design and use Purposive sampling technique, has been conducted on 30 respondents. Knowledge and attitude variables were measured using a questionnaire, skills observed by observation sheets. Statistical test using Wilcoxon test. Results: This study noted that knowledge increased in the first post test counted 24 people (p value ≤ 0.001) and knowledge increased in the second post test as many as 28 people (p value ≤ 0.001). The attitudes of pregnant women increased in the first post test by 14 people (p value ≤ 0.001) and the attitude increased in the second post test by 24 people (p value ≤ 0.001). Maternal skills improved in the first post test of 16 people (p value ≤ 0.001) and skills increased in the second post test by 30 people (p value ≤ 0.001). Conclusions: There are significant influence of yoga pregnancy guidance on knowledge, attitudes and skills of pregnant women in implementing yoga