Benedetta Gaetani d’Aragona, Dip ARM, Dip TRM, Dip SportsM, Cert PPM, Cert MLD, Dip Reflexology, Cert IHM, DipOSM, Cert MFT
Benedetta is a highly qualified registered massage therapist and bodyworker with over 12 years experience.
Italian-born, she now lives and works in Scotland, offering a wide range of massage techniques shown to improve health and enhance the quality of life, both mentally and physically. She has a broad knowledge of health issues including diet, stretching and fitness regimes.
Having been a trekking leader in the Himalayas for ten years and completed several marathons, she brings a deep understanding of bodywork. She has also worked as a massage therapist in a sports clinic and a GP practice.
Training and registration
Benedetta is a full member of the Scottish Massage Therapists Organisation, Scotland’s foremost massage standards body, with whom she completed advanced training in:
- Advanced remedial massage
- Sports massage
- Myofascial therapy
- Foot reflexology
- Manual lymphatic drainage
- Pregnancy massage
Benedetta has also completed specialist training in Hyperton-X (a muscle energy technique), Thai massage, trigger point release, Slavic massage and craniosacral therapy.
She is a registered massage therapist with the General Council for Massage Therapies (GCMT), the UK governing body for massage therapies and bodywork techniques. The GCMT promotes the highest standards of practice. Benedetta is also a registered massage therapist with the Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC), the UK regulator for complementary healthcare practitioners.
She is registered under Disclosure Scotland’s Protecting Vulnerable Groups Scheme.
Further professional development
Benedetta loves exploring her field and takes every opportunity to keep up to date with new and innovative ideas. She has participated in many advanced workshops with renowned international bodywork masters. Click on the links below for further information and, in some cases, videos demonstrating the techniques they teach:
- Art Riggs (USA) who specialises in myofascial release
- Ben Benjamin (USA) who specialises in treatment of injuries
- Tom Myers (USA) famous for his own system of structural integration
- Mario-Paul Cassar (Malta) on clinical massage with visceral techniques
- James Waslaski (USA) on orthopaedic massage and pain management
- James Earls (Ireland) on body fascia mapping
- Ruth Duncan (Scotland) on integrated myofascial therapy
- Carole Osborne-Sheets (USA) on pre, peri and postnatal massage
- George P. Kousaleos (USA) on Core myofascial therapy
- Noah Karrasch (USA) on Core bodywork
- Marjorie Brook (USA) specialising in active isolated stretching
- Gayle MacDonald (USA) teacher and cancer massage therapist
- Robert Schleip (Germany) on recent scientific discoveries and insights into fascia tissue
- Gill Hedley (USA) on anatomy of the fascia
She continues to develop her therapeutic skills with Bodywork Professional Development and Jing Advanced Massage & Training.
