Background: Interaction among workers, conditions at a work place and individual life style, all combine to produce occupational stress and anxiety. Stress alters the behavior of the person, impairs the quality of his or her life, and adversely affects the work output. Many organizations offer group therapies or other stress relieving programs to their employees with variable degree of success. In the present work, we have studied the effect of a yogic breathing in the form of Sudarshan Kriya (SK) and Pranayama (P) in conjunction with standard group therapy and have compared the results with standard group therapy alone. Method: Sixty software executives were selected randomly for this study. Of the sixty executives, thirty were enrolled for The Art of Living (AOL) program and learnt and practiced SK and P in addition to standard group therapy. Remaining thirty, the control group underwent standard group therapy alone. With the help of Tennessee stress scale-R (TSS-R) and Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), assessment was made for both the groups at base line and then one month subsequently. Results: SK and P group had significantly more reduction in anxiety and significantly more improvement in stress coping . Conclusion: From this pilot study it would appear that reduction in stress and anxiety and improvement in stress coping skills can be achieved better among executives when breathing processes (SK&P) are added to standard group therapy. However, longer and larger studies are required to authenticate these conclusions and also to see if these effects are sustainable over longer periods.