Hey from central North Carolina, U.S., and welcome aboard. I've never gotten in step with breathing methods in pipe smoking. Sip, don't puff, and take your time. Enjoyment is the object. I loved Scotland, a fast-train overnight in about 1981, staying at the Catalonia Hotel in Edinburgh. Smelling the distilleries, my late wife asked a passing gent what that smell was, and he said, "It's me, my dear." The guards at the castle were stern about any unattended bags (not ours), but wonderfully solicitous of children (also not ours). They reminded me of my own father who had some Scot ancestry.