"Bridging the Gap" offers a broad and profound understanding of body energetics, bringing together Eastern classical Chinese principles with Western medical and anatomical concepts, as well as Daoist oral traditions. The three-dimensional, physical, energetic, and psycho-spiritual understanding of the channels and points of the body has very broad applications. It is fundamental not only in the practices of acupuncture, tuina massage, tai chi, and qigong, but also helps to better understand the spiritual disciplines as described in the techniques of Nei Dan (Inner Alchemy). Furthermore, the superficial pathways of the channels not only maintain the functions of the muscles and fascia but also have deeper physiological, organic, and even psychological effects. This relation between the outer structures and inner physiology could even explain the functioning of ma.