Base chakra breathing exercise

[VioletSatori]

• Inhale slowly through your nose, contract your anus and visualize and focus upon energy being drawn into your base chakra and with the inhale, draw this energy up through all of your chakras to the crown, illuminating each one.
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• Exhale slowly through your nose and visualize and focus upon energy being drawn into your crown chakra and with the exhale, direct this energy back down through all of your chakras to the base, illuminating each one.

This part confuses me. Should I hold my inhale/exhale while doing those steps? I think there is way much to do for the duration of one.

 

[HPS Lydia]

As you are inhaling, draw the energy up. As you are exhaling, draw the energy down. You are not holding your breath, you are breathing and as you breathe the energy moves. The entire step is done in one easy breath, slow but with no struggle

 

[VioletSatori]

Oh, thank you! Now I understand it.