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“If everyone could see what we see” – Walk 8, Yr 3, Edison High School and ‘The Little Airport That Could’, 3/18/17

March 19, 2017 By fmw

Saturday morning, March 18, 2017, a dozen mindfulness walkers strolled 4 miles through west Fresno neighborhoods. One of the FMWalkers reported, “I walked in West Fresno and saw St. Alphonsus Catholic Church, blooming neighborhoods, Chandler Airport ticket booth, quirky houses, and Kearney Boulevard. I always feel wonderful and full of God after a walk.” Another…

Mindfully walking breeds creativity–Walk 7, Yr 3, Fresno City, Tower, 3/11/17

March 12, 2017March 15, 2017 By fmw

Mindfulness walkers gathered on the campus of Fresno City College, Saturday morning, March 11, 2017, to begin a 4 mile route through central Fresno. Walking without talking to other walkers is sometimes a challenge at first. But after walking this way for a few weeks, or even just a few miles, walkers often describe how their senses…

Walks as a source of #RealNews – Walk 6, Yr 3, March 4, 2017

March 5, 2017March 6, 2017 By fmw

Saturday morning, March 4, 2017, 19 Fresno mindfulness walkers met in the neighborhood at Bluff and Churchill and strolled down the footpath into the vast expanse leading to the San Joaquin River’s edge. For almost 4 miles, walkers strolled dirt paths, mowed grass paths, and tire tracks to witness wildlife, wide variety of foliage, distant…

Gardens and other signs of life: Walk #5, Yr 3 El Dorado Park – Barstow & 6th – Hoover High

February 27, 2017March 14, 2017 By fmw

Saturday morning, February 25, 2017, a dozen mindfulness walkers met at Wesley Methodist Church at Barstow & 6th, seeing the large community garden and Boys & Girls club and new cool playground. Walkers strolled through El Dorado Park neighborhood, with newly renovated apartments, with personal gardens tucked into courtyards and narrow strips. Walkers passed Wolters Elementary…

Hotel California-Reflection on Walk #4, Yr 3 Tower District to Roeding Park (Feb 18, 2017)

February 19, 2017 By fmw

Walkers expressed hope and happiness at how many people were out and about and going about their daily lives – fixing cars, sweeping porches, repairing fences – getting on with life even with the stress of today’s world. Walkers received many morning greetings and a few questions from people asking about what we are doing…

Love the place you live – Reflection Walk 2, Yr 3, Cedar/Dakota to McKinley along canal banks

February 4, 2017September 18, 2017 By fmw

Saturday morning, Feb 4, 2017, 10 mindfulness walkers caught the canal trail at Cedar and Dakota, and walked almost 2 miles of canal banks to McKinley Ave and back. Walking the canal just reinforced what a unique and tremendous community asset we have with our canals in Fresno and Clovis. A 200 mile Fresno-Clovis Trail…

Every walk is an adventure! Walk #1, Yr 3 from Mosqueda Community Center to Calwa Park.

January 29, 2017January 30, 2017 By fmw

It never fails, every walk is an unexpected adventure – from West Fresno to the Fresno Airport, and from Copper River Country club in north Fresno, to Calwa Park in the south. Mindfulness walkers express amazement at what we learn and see by walking the neighborhoods of our own city. On the first walk of…

Cultivating a sense of hope by mindfully walking your city

January 15, 2017January 15, 2017 By fmw

Want to cultivate a sense of hope? The advice of Rev. Rob Hardies is filled with practical actions that FMWalkers experience when mindfully walking as a group with Fresno Mindfulness Walks. The following is excerpted from a sermon Rev. Rob Hardies gave Dec. 4. You can find this published in the Washington Post. “What gives you…

‘A walk across Fresno in a year’ #2 – 3-minute video

January 1, 2017January 2, 2017 By fmw

Happy 2017 Fresno! Here’s a 3-minute tribute to the many who have joined the 52 walks of year 2 through Fresno neighborhoods. It’s impossible to capture all of the adventure, the calm, and the connections: serenaded with a native American chant, finding a geo-cache, sacred time in a Buddhist temple, Ethiopian Coptic Christian communion, tour…

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.