This summer's been unusual and good. Last 3 weeks not so much.
After I stopped posting, I had two more sits.
This week,
1°) I sat 15mn on the cushion, mostly calm and peaceful; some mental chatter of course but no negativity towards it.
2°) I lied down 15mn. Again, some calmness but also some chatter leading to impatience: twice, I caught myself on the brink of getting up unexpectedly, coming out from a train of thought, which was stopped just as some muscles were starting to flex.
3°) Tonight, 30mn on the cushion. First part was ok but monkey mind crept in more and more. After about 15mn, the body got stiff and calm, so was the mind. Some pleasurable sensations linked to this, especially if I allowed somewhat unnatural eye movements inside up inside the globes, and the brain sensations that come with them (instead of relaxing muscles all over the body, which would cancel everything at first). The head cleared up. After 5mn, a similar pattern repeated: more calmness came but with a stiffer body and mind, and if I stayed with it, it went a bit deeper but somehow what felt right was re-straightening the body and get back to noting.
I'm getting more and more busy and I'm afraid that, if I sit regularly, I won't have much time left for anything else!
Which would be fine, as long as there's no avoidance strategy thrown into it, which I'm not sure of.