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Reflection Walk 7, Yr 2, Blackstone and Herndon, 11/14/15

October 17, 2016October 21, 2016 By fmw

Reflection from Walk #7, Yr 2, November 14, 2015, 8:30 a.m. Five FMWalkers met at Denny’s at the busy corner of Blackstone and Herndon. We headed south through neighborhoods tucked up against Hwy 41. We walked through mobile home parks, condo and apartment complexes, then through retail on Bullard. Just west of Blackstone were older…

Reflection Walk 6, Yr 2 Tower District to Roeding Park, 11/7/15

October 16, 2016 By fmw

Reflection from Walk #6, Saturday morning, November 7, 8:30 a.m — Three FMWalkers began in the Tower District, on Olive, at the Mia Cuppa Cafe. The ivy-covered cafe was already busy inside and out, with regulars, and Bee readers, and dogs leashed to patio chairs, enjoying the sunlight on a cool morning. This walk included…

Reflection Walk 5, Yr 2, West Fresno Food Maxx, 10/31/15

October 16, 2016 By fmw

Reflection from Walk #5 of year 2 began at the Food Maxx in West Fresno, at Fresno and Hwy 99. Six FMWalkers met at 8 a.m. on a beautifully cool October 31 morning. While gathering in the parking lot, a female yellow Labrador looking for food wandered the parking lot. She was a bit thinner…

Reflection Walk 4, Yr 2, from Wolters Elementary School

October 16, 2016October 17, 2016 By fmw

Reflection Walk #4, Yr 2: On a beautifully cool Saturday morning, October 23, 2015 8 a.m., five FMWalkers met at Wolters Elementary School on First and San Jose to begin a mindfulness walk through neighborhoods surrounding Fresno State, ending on a walk across the university campus. This walk covered five very different areas: 1) older…

Reflection, Walk 3, Yr 2, from Patino High School, 10/17/15

October 16, 2016 By fmw

REFLECTION FROM WALK #3. On Saturday morning, October 17, 2015, four mindfulness walkers met in front of the Philip J. Patino School of Entrepreneurship, Fresno Unified’s newest high school. This shiny architectural masterpiece stands in contrast to the small aging homes with leaning fences. We could see Fresno City College’s Ratcliffe Stadium peeking over the…

Reflection, Walk 1, Yr 2 from Scandinavian Middle School, 10/4/15

October 16, 2016October 16, 2016 By fmw

Walk #1, Year 2 Reflection. On October 3, 2015, from Scandinavian Middle School, 7 walkers covered the area between Dakota and Clinton, and the Fresno Airport to Hwy 168. This walk was a mix of a county island and the City of Fresno. While gathering in front of Scandinavian Middle School, we could see three…

Reflection, Walk 2, Yr 2 from Kings Canyon Middle School, 10/10/15

October 22, 2015October 17, 2016 By fmw

Reflection Walk #2. On Saturday, October 10, at 8 am, eight Mindfulness Walkers met at Kings Canyon Middle School in southeast Fresno–four were first time FMWalkers. Within a block, we saw Easterby Elementary school, and about a mile we walked by Sunnyside High School at the main intersection of Kings Canyon and Peach. Walkers described…

Walk #52 Yr 1 from Senior Resource Center

August 25, 2015December 28, 2016 By fmw

Reflection on Walk #52 from Dakota and Effie, at the Senior Resource Center. On July 4, 2015, at 7 a.m., nine Fresno Mindfulness Walkers gathered in the parking lot. Three were first time Mindfulness walkers. This walk covered the neighborhoods behind Manchester shopping center east to First Street, and between Dakota and Shields. At 7…

Walk #51, Yr 1 Rio Vista School near Herndon and Polk

August 25, 2015December 28, 2016 By fmw

Reflection on Walk #51 from Rio Vista Intermediate School in northwest Fresno, near Herndon and Polk. On a very warm Friday morning, at 7 am, four Fresno Mindfulness Walkers met in the parking lots of Rio Vista Intermediate and River Bluff Elementary, which bump up next to each other. These Central Unified schools are clean…

Walk #50, Yr 1 Addams Elementary at McKinley and Hwy 99

August 25, 2015December 28, 2016 By fmw

Reflection from Walk #50 – Saturday, on June 27, 2015, 7:30 am at Jane Addams Elementary School, Fresno Unified School District, on McKinley, just steps west of Hwy 99. Seven began this walk on a very warm morning. Three walkers returned to the cars about halfway, and four walkers completed the 4 mile round trip….

Fresno Mindfulness Walks are weekly opportunities for people to walk together for a 4 mile route through a different Fresno neighborhood each week. Walkers practice active mindfulness by attending to the sights, sounds, smells, feelings. Walkers do not talk to each other on walks, but we do greet people we meet along the way. The walk location and exact start time are posted just a few days in advance. All walks are free, require no RSVP, and anyone is welcome to join one walk or many. To learn about upcoming walks, you can sign up for a weekly email in the yellow bar at the top of this website and/or LIKE and follow the FMW Facebook page.

To learn about the routine that begins each walk and read some of the resources that have inspired FMW, check out the resources page.

Weekly walks are about 4 miles and take about an hour and a half. Walks are at a medium pace, often on uneven ground, and sometimes take longer than expected because walkers see themselves as curious travelers lingering to observe or going around a different way.