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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….

Walk #49, Yr 1 Hamilton at Palm and Clinton

August 25, 2015December 28, 2016 By fmw

Reflection on Walk #49 – On Saturday morning, June 20, 2015, at 7:30 a.m., 14 Mindfulness Walkers gathered in front of Hamilton K-8, a FUSD school near the busy Palm and Clinton intersection. Walkers described the walk with these words: diverse, calm, loving, established, surprising, and crunchy magnolia leaves. The youngest walker, a 7th grader,…

Walk #48, Yr 1 Malloch Elementary at Forkner and Bullard

August 25, 2015December 28, 2016 By fmw

Reflection Walk #48 –On a very warm Saturday morning, June 13, Walkers started at 7:30 am at Malloch Elementary School, in a neighborhood on Forkner just south of Bullard. Walkers said they had never seen this school before. We met John, the plant manager at Malloch Elementary, who was there early to organize summer soccer…

Walk #47, Yr 1 Kaiser Park on Alluvial and First

August 25, 2015December 28, 2016 By fmw

On Saturday, June 6, 2015, at 8 am, five FMWalkers met at Kaiser Park on Alluvial between First and Fresno. It was a beautiful morning and was already getting warm. Walkers mentioned that while they had driven down the street many times, they had never really noticed this park right next to the Kaiser emergency…

Walk #46, Yr 1 Downtown Fresno north with Fresno Bee reporter and photographer

August 25, 2015December 28, 2016 By fmw

On Thursday morning, June 4, at 8 a.m., six Fresno Mindfulness Walkers started at the CVS downtown Fresno, and walked north through the mural district, across Divisadero, through older Fresno neighborhoods, under Hwy 180, along the canal, to Belmont. This was a beautiful morning, the perfect temperature for walking. Two walkers were from the Fresno…

Walk #45, Yr 1 from Todd Beamer Park Saturday, May 30, 2015

August 25, 2015December 27, 2016 By fmw

Reflection coming soon. Facebook photo album: https://www.facebook.com/pg/fresnomindfulnesswalks/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1619386595014755

Walk #44 and #4, Yr 1 West Fresno to Hyde Park

August 25, 2015December 27, 2016 By fmw

Walk #44 Friday, May 29, 2015, 8 a.m. 5 FMWalkers met at Saint Rest Baptist Church in Fresno. This church is on Reverend Chester Riggins Avenue, a street named for the pastor of 44 years who empowered the west Fresno community from the pulpit and as a postal carrier. The pastor of Saint Rest now…

Walk #43, Yr 1 Sequoia Middle School

August 25, 2015December 27, 2016 By fmw

Walk #43 Reflection – On a beautiful Saturday morning, four Fresno Mindfulness Walkers started at Sequoia Middle School near Cedar and Butler. As soon as we parked, we met Principal Matt Ward. We chatted and told him about FMW. Walkers described the walk these ways: a surprise around every corner, signs of past prosperity, eclectic,…

Walk #42, Yr 1 Yokomi Elementary east along Belmont

August 25, 2015December 27, 2016 By fmw

Reflection on Walk #42: On a cool Saturday morning, May 9, 2015, at 8 a.m., three Fresno Mindfulness Walkers met at Yokomi elementary, in downtown Fresno, where neighborhoods blend with public schools, which blend with offices and retail. Yokomi was fenced and locked this morning. But the campus was newly built, modern and well-kept. This…

Walk #41, Yr 1 from Clovis West High School

August 25, 2015December 27, 2016 By fmw

Reflection coming soon. Facebook photo album: https://www.facebook.com/pg/fresnomindfulnesswalks/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1607243889562359

Fresno Mindfulness Walks will lead a Saturday morning walk on January 29, 2022, beginning at 10 am. at 271 N. Glenn Ave., Fresno, CA 93701 (the home of Craig Scharton).

The walk will be about 3 miles, at a stroll to medium pace, occasionally on uneven ground, and take about an hour and a half. By walking mindfully and without talking, we will experience the Lowell neighborhood in new ways. At the conclusion of the walk, we’ll gather back at Craig’s yard and spend a few minutes talking about what we discovered about ourselves and the neighborhood.

Walks are free and require no RSVP. Look for the Facebook event to share with your friends. For email notifications, sign up in the yellow bar at the top.

Lori Clanton

Lucky Leader to Fresno Mindfulness Walks

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.