It was with great pleasure that I accepted the commission to translate Serena Chellini's book on Traditional Chinese Medicine. As a Shiatsu therapist and translator, I was looking forward to working on a subject so close to my heart and hoped to learn a lot by translating it. I was not disappointed! It is indeed a book full of interesting information and areas of study, which are rarely found in a single text. As Serena herself writes in her introduction, this book is a collection of notes taken from years and years of seminars and advanced courses, introducing topics of great interest whose reading is inspiring and stimulating. In each chapter, I have discovered valuable information; the section on Extraordinary Viscera is a real gem, and the numerous pages on Extraordinary Canals, their points and uses, are especially fascinating. I also found a number of useful suggestions and nuggets of information that helped to clarify many details of aspects which, for me, had previously been obscure. It is an easily usable text. You can read it from start to finish or browse or consult it in any order. The layout is very inviting, the printing is clear and the pages are not crammed full. I also had the pleasure of meeting the author personally.  We spent a weekend at her home in Chianti, Tuscany, revising the translation together. She is a woman who shines with peace and kindness and the 'Shen' flowing from her eyes has warmed my soul.