With the Cultural Revolution in China much of the spiritual aspects of Chinese Medicine were removed. However, it is clear through the descriptions of the use of points that the negative influence of spirits was one of the primary causes of disease at one time. By the time Chinese Medicine arrived in the west what little remained on the subject was lost inside of the concepts western psychology.

In Tibetan Medicine this idea is still very much intact and is most certainly considered a primary cause for disease. The bodywork practitioner does not address this cause of distress. It is simply not inside the scope of our practice. On the other hand it is interesting to explore our own relationship with the spirits of nature especially in our home and work place. Even if “nature spirits” are not inside of our personal belief system we can establish a harmonious relationship with the living things found in nature that we can see, to the benefit of all.