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The mind that seeks Yoga encounters many impediments. These obstacles disturb the steadiness of consciousness and hinder the attainment of samādhi. Therefore, I have first described the obstacles and then the means by which they may be overcome. The Obstacles Know these to be the obstacles that scatter the mind: illness, dullness, doubt, negligence, laziness, attachment to sensory pleasures, mistaken understanding, failure to attain the desired stage, and instability after a

The nine antarāyas (obstacles) are described by Yoga Sutras of Patanjali as the primary impediments that disturb the mind and hinder progress in yoga. The sutra reads: Vyādhi styāna saṁśaya pramāda ālasya avirati bhrāntidarśana alabdhabhūmikatva anavasthitatvāni cittavikṣepās te'ntarāyāḥ. |PYS1.30| Translation:"Disease, mental stagnation, doubt, carelessness, laziness, overindulgence, false perception, failure to attain a stage of practice, and instability in maintaining th