Why a Breathing Technique That Makes You Trip--Without Drugs--Should Be Your New Year's Resolution

The party started like any other. Forty or so women, and two men, had assembled under the pretext of "Om for the Holidays," a wellness-themed seasonal soiree in a second-floor loft on the Bowery called the Woom Center. I was a last-minute plus-one, lured by a text promising free-flowing kombucha and a gourmet vegan buffet. For the first hour, I gamely sipped and networked in a room resembling a hip café, wondering aloud several times when the food was coming. Finally, an unnervingly good-lookin...