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Excerpt from Good Blood, Edition 2 (Schaffer): Foreword by Arjia Rinpoche I was enjoying the sun rays shining through the giant red wood trees after a stormy winter day in Mill Valley when my dear friend Naomi walked up the stone steps with an attractive lady. She introduced her as Irit. Right after our introduction, Irit and I got into a long conversation about our backgrounds. Suddenly, I found myself in memory lane feeling as if I were right back in Tibet in the 1950s. But then quickly I realized I was still in Mill Valley -- just telling my story. Both Irit and I felt deeply connected, and from that moment on, we were able to develop a close friendship because we had shared our memories. Even though, we were from different cultures, we had faced similar challenges in life. When I was a small boy in Tibet, I had been wrenched from my secure monastery during the Religious Reform Movement of the 1950s and made to divest myself of my monastic robes and attend a Chines

  In  Good Blood , Irit Schaffer tells the story of her parents' survival of the Holocaust, in two different camps. Her father always said he survived because he had good blood. As a midlife physical therapist, Irit set out to find what that meant -- and she finally also got her mother to share her story. Memories, reflections, healing are the dominant themes of this well-liked book that can relate to anyone, not just those affected by the Holocaust.   About the author: Born in Israel, raised in Canada, and now living in the US, Irit Schaffer works in her physical therapy and healing practice in California, where her good blood background, coupled with extensive educational training, has allowed her a unique perspective on the mind-spirit-connection. Hollywood Book Festival finalist Paris Book Festival finalist Book Excellence Award For more posts about Irit and her book, click  HERE . or the MSI Press LLC newsletter Follow  MSI Press  on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .