Background: Caesarean section contribute labor pain is no longer pain of childbirth is physiological but from cuts in the area of surgery. Postoperative pain that is felt by the patient is influenced by several factors including age, sex, attention, culture, the meaning of pain, anxiety, fatigue, coping styles and family support. When postoperative pain in patients not treated immediately will result in the patient rehabilitation process will be delayed, the patient becomes longer

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... n, high complication rate and require more cost. In granting the nurses action in reducing pain, the nurse can provide non-pharmacological technique to reduce postoperative pain. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to exemine of autogenic relaxation on postoperative caesarean section pain in RSAD Kodam V Brawijaya. Methods: The design of this study was experimental with one group pretest-posttest design. This study was conducted in RSAD Kodam V Brawijaya Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia. This research was Mother's population in postoperative caesareann section in RSAD Kodam V Brawijaya Regional Surabaya. The sample in this study was 30 respondents with the sampling method using purposive sampling. The measuring instrument used was a manual procedure for autogenic relaxation and the observation sheets Numeric Rating Scale (NRS). Results: The inferential analysis with Wilcoxon signed rank test found that p value (sig.) is 0.000 (α<0.05). This result means that there is a significant difference in the pain scale before and after treatment autogenic relaxation techniques. Conclusion: Autogenic relaxation can reduce postoperative caesarean section pain in RSAD Kodam V Brawijaya Surabaya.