Workshops & Events
Welcome to the Secret Garden Movement Room. Nestled on Webster st, Alameda, CA, the Secret Garden stands out as a Victorian botanical-inspired safe haven, founded by experts of their practices who were searching for a platform that embodied the essence of their work.
The Movement Room is an extension of the ethos of Secret Garden, hosting a magical safe haven for ALL to receive and enjoy a spectrum of healing movement modalities. It is our promise to provide classes, services, and workshops that are safe and fulfilling to every type of body and person, wellness is for all.
Breathwork Healing Group Journey w/Ashlee - July 2025
The Summer season is an invitation for community and deep connection. There is a special power that resides in gathering with intention for healing. We are in a time where we are being asked to love ourselves (every part!), clear old patterns and release what society is expecting of us. Ready to get free?
The three part breath technique allows us to activate the parasympathetic nervous system and journey to a subconscious state to meet our divine answers. We will set intention for the season and travel within our inner world together, loud music will be present to accompany your emotional release!
Join Ashlee at the Secret Garden for a communal circle where you will meet your breath and thus your courage for a workshop of connection and healing.
Breathwork offers an opportunity for an active meditation using the breath to purge the nervous system of unnecessary emotional debris. Utilizing David Elliot's three part breath technique, we will activate the sympathetic nervous system to move stagnant energy and help you release strong emotions. This style of breathing moves energy out of the emotional center, into the heart to process and out of the mouth to release- in quick succession.
Loud music will be present as well as encouragement to make noise all in support of your emotional release! In this breathwork healing group, I will share energetic and new moon themes. There will also be opportunity to set intention as well as Q&A post breath practice.
All levels of experience are welcome! As this practice is intimate, space is limited!
Please note, if you are pregnant/ think you might be pregnant this modality is not for you.
This Breathwork Group typically happens on the last Monday of each month from 6-7:30 in the Movement Room at Secret Garden.
Many clients came to us with anger, fear, anxiety, and grief with the current political climate and state of the world and this is our answer to that. The perfect intense and powerful release to do some spiritual and emotional maintenance when it feels like the world is ending. Ashlee guides you through a transformative journey of mind, body, and spirit.
About your Guide:
Ashlee O'Regan is an Oakland Ca based Intuitive Astrologer, Breathwork facilitator, Reiki Master Teacher and 200 hour RYT. She comes with over 10 years experience of trauma-informed facilitation and utilizes elemental wisdom unique for each group. Learn more and book one on one sessions with Ashlee at www.ashleeoregan.com
Sunday Reset: CBD Herbal Yoga with Maryam of Urbal Alchemy
Release and reset for the week ahead with assistance from potent plant medicine. Perfect for those with chronic pain, inflammation, or anyone who just needs an ultra-relaxing evening.
This Magical Session Includes:
Medicinal CBD Chai tasting with Urbal Alchemy’s locally made products
Ayurvedic small bites for fuel
Application of Urbal Alchemy’s CBD Pain relief balm
Beginner-Friendly Gentle Yoga
Session is guided by Maryam, owner of local CBD artisan Urbal Alchemy
Products feature CBD only. 21+
Meet our Teachers
Pilates with Jess
Jess Hardy(she/they) is a contemporary Pilates teacher and pain management software tissue therapist who is trained in classical and contemporary Pilates. After years of working on bodies in her massage practice, she became inspired to offer her clients lasting pain relief that maintained well beyond the session, thus beginning her journey in movement education. Her classes are rich with anatomy and kinesthetic curriculum so her students can learn more fully how their body works as a system, and how to move in ways that are fortifying and pain free.
Yoga with Nadia
Nadia Oye (she/her) is a 200-hour holistic hatha yoga teacher and reiki healer based in Oakland. Through moving meditations, Nadia offers accessible ways to help others tend to mental and emotional regulation, while honoring their bodies as they are today. She leads you through gentle postures and simple strategies to release tension in the body, enhance body awareness and improve your overall mood. Nadia offers compassionate sequences for all bodies and breathing practices to settle the body + mind.
Dance with Tatyana
Tatyana Topasna (she/her)has been dancing since the age of three, beginning on the island of Guam. She explored tap, ballet, and jazz before hip-hop captured her heart—even leading her to breakdancing throughout her youth. She trained and performed in various companies, crews, and collectives Over time, she shifted her efforts to contemporary, house, and waacking, blending technique with personal storytelling. Tatyana believes dance is for everyone—it’s simply about unlocking it within. Whether on stage or at a festival in the woods, she embraces movement as a way to connect, heal, and celebrate life.
Yoga with Maura
Maura Leppo (she/they) has been a yoga practitioner and explorer for over 20 years. She received her teaching credentials from J. Brown at Abhyasa Yoga Center in Brooklyn, NY in 2008. Maura offers a nourishing, breath-centered, therapeutic yoga practice with an emphasis on individual attention and connection. She draws most of her teaching inspiration from her two incredible children, the rich homeschooling, swimming, farming, and organizing communities she participates in, and the wisdom of mama Earth herself.
Breathwork with Ashlee
Ashlee O'Regan (she/her) is an Oakland, CA based Intuitive Astrologer, Breathwork facilitator, Reiki Master Teacher and 200 hour RYT. She comes with over 10 years experience of trauma-informed facilitation and utilizes elemental wisdom unique for each group. Ashlee hosts an Astrology-informed Breathwork Group each month at Secret Garden.
