If we are all watching an asteroid sweep across the sky yet every night it grows twice as bright, I would say the new age breathing thought experiment would have no merit at all.
However in the course of human events such as war a well placed attitude or emotion can find its way into influential spheres.
I daresay a word or song in Greenspan's ear might change a momment in time. maybe

I do not discount the power of willful human thought in mass to be able to inexplicably influence unlikely physical systems such as electronic randomizers. This has been quantified.

If we are going to steer hurricanes and the winds of war with breathing meditation however, you will also have to own and operate all the billionaire owned media monopolies, control the military industry, put all the armageddonists out of their misery and advance the HAARP/Tesla technology beyond our current grasp.
but for
now, I am going to double down my bet on Jan 31st 4PM EDT