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Reflection Walk #37, Yr 2, Gaston Middle School, 8/20/16

October 20, 2016October 20, 2016 By fmw

REFLECTION: Walk 37, Yr 2, from Gaston Middle School in west Fresno. On Saturday, August 20, 2016, at 7 a.m. six mindfulness walkers began at the new Rutherford B. Gaston Middle School at the corner of Church and Martin Luther King Blvd. A look at the City of Fresno boundary map shows this area zigzag…

Reflection Walk 36, Yr 2, Manchester Mall, 8/13/16

October 20, 2016October 20, 2016 By fmw

REFLECTION: Walk #36, Yr 2, Saturday, August 13, 2016, at 7 a.m. Seven mindfulness walkers began at Manchester Mall, Shields and Blackstone, and walked west along the canal that winds through neighborhoods. Walkers took Van Ness, looped through Circle Drive, stepped through a fence opening to walk along the tracks, and then under the tracks…

Reflection Walk 35, Yr 2, Granite Park Cedar and Ashlan, 8/6/16

October 20, 2016October 20, 2016 By fmw

Reflection on Walk #35, Yr 2, 8/6/16: Saturday morning, August 6, 2016, at 7 a.m. five mindfulness walkers strolled the Granite Park sports and entertainment complex on Cedar between Ashlan and Dakota, then through neighborhoods, seeing churches, schools, and winding back along the canal from MIllbrook to Cedar near Dakota. Walkers shared how much they…

Reflection #34, Yr 2, from Forestiere Underground Gardens, 6/18/16

October 20, 2016 By fmw

Reflection: Walk #34, Yr 2, Saturday morning, June 18, 2016, four FMWalkers met in front of Forestiere Underground Gardens at 8 a.m. Gardens were closed but walkers chatted with workers getting ready for a busy day of tours. Shaw was already busy with traffic, and it was already getting warm. Walkers commented on the mix…

Reflection Walk #33, Yr 2, Bluff and Churchill/ SJ River, 6/11/16

October 20, 2016October 20, 2016 By fmw

Reflection:Walk #33, Yr 2, Saturday, June 11, 2016, five FMWalkers began at Bluff Ave and Churchill, accessing the river through a small walking path entrance tucked into this neighborhood of large well-manicured homes. At 7:30 a.m. the morning was still cool and the sky beautiful blue painted with clouds. No walkers had been in the…

Reflection Walk #32, Year 2, Valley Oak Elementary, 5/21/16

October 20, 2016 By fmw

Reflection: Walk #32, Yr 2, Saturday morning, May 21, 2016, 8 a.m., five walkers met at Valley Oak Elementary on the corner of Champlain and Friant in northeast Fresno and walked around Woodward Lake neighborhoods and up and around Fort Washington Country Club. Church bells tolled at 8 a.m. and walkers were greeted with the…

Reflection Walk 31, Yr 2, East Rotary Park at Cedar and Sierra, 5/14/16

October 20, 2016 By fmw

Mindfulness Walkers began at East Rotary Park at Cedar and Sierra, walked pistachio orchards, neighborhoods, behind St. Agnes Hospital, and were invited into two backyards! Full reflection soon to come. https://www.facebook.com/fresnomindfulnesswalks/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1760508060902607

Reflection Walk 30, Yr 2, Boys & Girls Club/Tehipite MS, 5/7/16

October 18, 2016October 18, 2016 By fmw

On May 7, 8 a.m. FMWalkers began at the Zimmerman Boys & Girls Club next to Tehipite Middle School, strolled neighborhoods, under freeway, saw the new bike/skate park at Romain, and Hildago Elementary School. See the fish market, and meet Mike and his dog on their way to Arkansas. Full reflection soon to come. https://www.facebook.com/fresnomindfulnesswalks/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1759113304375416

Reflection Walk 29, Yr 2, Asian Market on Blackstone 4/30/16

October 18, 2016November 8, 2017 By fmw

REFLECTION Walk #29, Yr 2: April 30, 2016, from Blackstone/Ashlan. On this walk, Walkers saw train tracks, cats, incredible homes they never knew existed, cinderblock homes near tracks, Ashlan Avenue, dramatic changes in socio-economic conditions, Palm, Blackstone, the mail center at Griffith Station, and baby geese toddling with their mothers beside a ponding basin. Walkers…

Reflection Walk 28, Yr 2 Koligian Park & San Joaquin River, 4/23/16

October 18, 2016October 18, 2016 By fmw

REFLECTION Walk #28, Year 2, April 23, 2016, Earth Day. Along the San Joaquin River. Walkers started at Koligian Park in northwest Fresno. They commented on the sights of a beautiful, serene river, a train on an overhead track, and a community garden below the tracks. An LDS church group had volunteered to clean up…

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.