Marcella Raimondo is a licensed clinical psychologist with a PhD in clinical psychology (2012) and MPH from the University of Michigan. Based in Oakland, California, she works in Kaiser Permanente's eating disorder clinic and maintains a private practice. She has served as director of media literacy at About-Face and holds advisory positions with the Association for Size Health and Diversity and the Academy of Eating Disorders. She is affiliated with the East Bay Meditation Center. Raimondo recovered from anorexia nervosa over 20 years ago and trains in Kajukenbo martial arts.
Marcella Raimondo's teaching focus, drawn from the source profile, sits in the contemplative path. Several threads come up: dharma applied to social and collective suffering;. On talks, the style is closer to thinking-along than presenting. Marcella Raimondo works with whatever shows up in the room rather than reading from notes, which is part of why these talks land as conversational instead of scripted. Short pauses, longer sits, and questions that come back to direct experience are usual. Listed specialties on the source profile include eating disorders, trauma. The bigger move Marcella Raimondo keeps making is back toward attention itself: what's happening, how it's being held, and what gets in the way. That keeps the teaching close to practice rather than drifting into commentary about practice. For talks, schedules, and longer essays, the affiliated organization's page is where the live material lives. Marcella Raimondo's sessions tend to keep returning to the body, to breath, and to the felt quality of attention as the steady ground that the rest rests on. Marcella Raimondo's sessions tend to keep returning to the body, to breath, and to the felt quality of attention as the steady ground that the rest rests on. Marcella Raimondo's sessions tend to keep returning to the body, to breath, and to the felt quality of attention as the steady ground that the rest rests on.
Marcella Raimondo teaches in the contemplative path. The teaching home is East Bay Meditation Center. From the teacher's own profile: Marcella Raimondo, PhD, MPH is a passionate and spirited clinical trainer speaking from herheart on social justice and eating disorders since 1995. In 1997, Marcella worked withAbout-Face, a nonprofit organization that addresses media impact on body image serving asthe Director of Media Literacy until 2005. Today she is on the About-Face Board of Foundersand a consultant. She is also on the Advisory Board for the Association of Size Health andDiversity (ASDAH), on the Advisory Board of Eating Disorder Recovery Support (EDRS) asPast President. and serves as Co-Chair of the Academy of Eating Disorders Diversity Equityand Inclusion committee. Marcella received her B.A. from UC Berkeley, and Master's Degreein Public Health from the University of Michigan. Marcella's desire to address eatingdisorders drove her to pursue her doctorate in clinical psychology, receiving her PhD in2012. She completed her post- doc internships at an eating disorder outpatient program andan eating disorder residential program for adolescents. Marcella currently serves as aLicensed Clinical Psychologist (PSY # 27037) in Kaiser Permanente's eating disorder clinic inOakland and runs a private practice. Marcella herself recovered from anorexia nervosa over20 years ago. Marcella trains in Kajukenbo at Hand to Hand Kajukenbo Self Defense Center inOakland. She holds a second degree black belt and enjoys the exploratory path her traininggives her. Her recovery and her martial arts training inspire her dedication to multiculturalbody nurturance and community celebration.For more information about Marcella's trainings, go to marcellaedtraining.com Marcella Raimondo's teaching tends to stay close to direct experience, working with attention, ethics, and the felt sense of the body rather than abstract doctrine. Marcella Raimondo's page on OMP collects the publicly available bio, the listed affiliations, and any talks tracked through the source archive, and is meant as a directory entry rather than an authorized biography. Marcella Raimondo's page on OMP collects the publicly available bio, the listed affiliations, and any talks tracked through the source archive, and is meant as a directory entry rather than an authorized biography. Marcella Raimondo's page on OMP collects the publicly available bio, the listed affiliations, and any talks tracked through the source archive, and is meant as a directory entry rather than an authorized biography. Marcella Raimondo's page on OMP collects the publicly available bio, the listed affiliations, and any talks tracked through the source archive, and is meant as a directory entry rather than an authorized biography.
Marcella Raimondo teaches as a lay teacher in the contemplative path. The institutional home, per the source listing, is East Bay Meditation Center, and that's where most of the public teaching schedule and any retreat offerings will be posted. Teaching authority and lineage details, where stated, live with the affiliated organization's profile page rather than with this directory entry.
On a class or retreat with Marcella Raimondo, the basic shape is short instruction, longer sittings, and some Q&A. The container is shaped by East Bay Meditation Center, so format details, fees, and access policies follow that organization's norms. Expect plenty of silence, less talking-at-you than you might think, and an emphasis on letting the practice do its work rather than chasing experiences. For exact dates, registration, and any sliding-scale or scholarship information, There's usually a short Q&A window and, on retreats, optional teacher interviews where students can bring specific questions about their practice.