One technique that has helped people experience contractions is to just hold your breath with no breathup at all beforehand, and without taking a deep breath. Just stop breathing at the end of a normal exhalation (or inhalation). There should be no uncomfortable "full" feeling at the start. With time, rising CO2 levels will cause discomfort. Eventually, your diaphragm will probably feel "twitchy" and these twitches should eventually develop into contractions. It shouldn't take long for contractions to start -- less than 2 minutes, probably less than one.
In this case, the diaphragm movements may be either inward (contractions) or outward ("expansions"?), since your diaphragm is at its "neutral" or resting point.
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