Breathe & Squeeze

With this technique you are activating your diaphragm, to breathe deeply, expanding the bottom of the lungs. You should feel the expansion all the way down into the belly.
Often, people are told to “Take a deep breath,” to relax. But a better suggestion is to squeeze out all the air, because then the body naturally breathes deeply and fully on it’s own. Focusing on the in-breath can cause anxiety.

Exercise:

Close your eyes and notice your breathing
On your next exhalation breathe out as you would if you were blowing on a candle to wiggle it without blowing it out.
As you get to the very end of your breath, when they feel they have used up all their air…
Squeeze out any reserve air, every last DROP of air. Squeeze it out to now blow out the candle. It may take a couple tries, a couple pushes to squeeze out every drop of air. It may then feel like laughing or coughing, but keep squeezing every last drop until
Naturally your diaphragm springs into action. Your body on it’s own sucks in a big breath of fresh air.
Do this three or four times.