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Hey guys, I wanted to have something clarified, as I think I have been doing a lot of Taoist cultivation practices incorrectly because of this. Is the front channel (as in the MCO) the same as the central channel (or prana tube, not the sushusma)? Because all this time, this is what I have been running my anterior descending energy down into when doing the Small Universe meditation, and I think this is what is causing some of the problems I am currently experiencing. Can someone describe on an anatomical level which exact structures both the front and back channels run through? From what I have read, qi runs through fibrous cartilage tissue in the central front of the body, but then how does it reach the Dan Tien, which is supposedly deep far behind the navel? Would you say that the energy in the front channel is in front of or behind the heart? Or does it simply ride along the front axis and radiates into the organs behind it? Likewise with the back channel, does it literally run THROUGH the spine the whole way? And then when it goes behind and on top of the head, is that through the skull, or underneath, in the brain? I hope this made some sense.. EDIT: TL;DR: What anatomical structures does the front and back channel run through?