answer:I learned exactly how you described it in your details @serenityNOW. I was told to then sit up and imagine my diaphragm was a balloon. The other thing to stress to him is to spend time thinking about counting to 4 on the in breath, then 4 on the out….and slowly increasing the count each time he practices. Then, to work on a 4 count in and 6 count out, and increasing that.