Extraordinary vessels as soul catcher

Extraordinary vessels are just that, extra-ordinary. They are essential to the body's functioning, but don't behave like regular meridians. They organize the internal energy of the body, how the shen behaves within the body without relation to the outside world. The 12 meridians are effected by and effect the exterior world. The EV's organize the interior world. EV's are built and grow in utero as the fetus grows, before the first breath, they must be complete.

In working with pregnant women, I've noticed that the soul of the baby hovers around the mother and the fetus, but doesn't completely enter the fetus. As the pregnancy continues, it's harder to reach the soul as a separate energy from the mother's energy. When the baby is ready to be born, the soul of the child realizes that it is a separate entity from the mother, but the soul of the baby doesn't fully enter the fetus until the baby has taken it's first breath.

The EV's are both the blueprint and structure for the fetus, allowing it to grow without guidance from a soul, and then they function as the lattice within which the soul resides. The are a deeper level of energetic flow in the body, one that has to do with basic structure in the body and how the soul interacts and is held within the body.