antaraya
अन्तराय antarāyaThe obstacles that scatter the mind in yoga, named by Patanjali (illness, doubt, laziness, distraction and others); the repetition of Om is prescribed to dissolve them.
Where this term appears
- Why is Om chanted at the start and end of prayers and yoga? Journal
The obstacles even have a name in the text, the antarayas , the things that scatter a practitioner: illness, doubt, laziness, distraction, the mind that will not settle.