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Hypertension is a global health problem that requires special attention because it is often asymptomatic and can cause serious complications. Complications that occur in hypertension sufferers include stroke, heart attack, pulmonary edema, and decreased hearing function. Around 46% of people with hypertension are not aware that they have this disease, and only 21% succeed in controlling their blood pressure well. One of the non-pharmacological intervention relaxation techniques that can be used to reduce blood pressure is guided imagery. This study aims to determine the effect of guided imagery on systolic blood pressure in hypertension sufferers. The research design used a pre-experiment with a one group pretest-posttest approach on 10 respondents selected using stratified random sampling. The data was processed using the paired T-test, showing a decrease in the average systolic blood pressure value from 160.5 before the intervention to 148.5 after the intervention with p-value= =0.0046 (P<0.05). These results show that the guided imagery intervention is effective in reducing the systolic blood pressure of hypertension sufferers, so it can be recommended as an independent treatment for hypertension sufferers. Keywords: Blood Pressure, Systolic, Guided Imagery, Hypertension