After a tsunami, you learn to rebuild.But things never really go back to the way they were before.You change. You slow down. You listen. You start over.When I wrote Tennis Aut, I did so to give voice and meaning to a moment in my life when everything had been turned upside down.My son's autism diagnosis was my first big "tsunami," as I called it in those pages.It was a sudden, disorienting event that forced me-and those around me-to reevaluate everything: priorities, fears, inner strengths.Tennis, for me, was much more than a sport: it was a refuge and a resource, a form of mediation between mind and body, between chaos and balance, regardless of disappointments and wonderful adventures. Writing Tennis Aut was my first act of resistance and hope.Then another tsunami hit. A more collective one.COVID, lockdowns, vaccines, the fatigue that followed.Many people, myself included, began to feel different: more fragile, more tired, less "present" in their bodies.It wasn't easy to find the words or give a name to what I was feeling-and what others around me were describing with the same lost tone. I realized I needed guidance.But not a theoretical or scientific guide.A guide based on experience.That's how Il Corpo che Ricomincia (The Body that Begins Again) came about.A book that doesn't claim to explain, but to accompany.A collection of rituals, gestures, breaths, and recipes that I have encountered and experimented with over the past five years in an attempt to rebuild well-being, energy, and confidence.It is a book designed for those who have weathered a storm.Whatever that storm may have been.Whether it was a diagnosis, a loss, an inner change, or the long aftermath of this historic period... Here you will not find miracle solutions, but a gentle invitation to listen to your body again and inhabit yourself once more, even if you feel changed, even if you don't yet know how.If you have read Tennis Aut, you may find the same deep but non-judgmental gaze in these pages.If this is your first encounter with me, I welcome you with sincerity: I am not a doctor or a therapist. I am a father, a man, an author who has learned-at his own expense-that healing begins with the simplest of gestures: stopping, breathing, nourishing yourself, and then starting again.As Tennis Aut becomes increasingly international, welcome and enjoy the journey as your body begins anew. (Andrea Melis)