About SoliVana

Where Reset is Private, Intentional,
and Deeply Personal

SoliVana Wellness Spa is a sanctuary devoted to the art of self-care, biohacking, and anti-aging. We offer a haven where you can disconnect from daily stress and reconnect with your inner self through science-backed therapies designed to enhance your quality of life.

"Redefining wellness by blending innovative biohacking techniques with time-honored therapeutic practices"

Our Name

The Meaning Behind
SoliVana

Soli
Salts · Sun · Wholeness
From Slavic "salts" and Latin "sun" — also evoking solus, meaning whole and complete. It represents treating the mind, body, and spirit as one unified system.
Vana
Nirvana · Vitality · Growth
A nod to Nirvana — a place of perfect peace. It also signifies life energy, growth, and abundance, symbolizing the flourishing state of well-being.

SoliVana is more than a name — it's a philosophy. A sanctuary for renewal where you can retreat, recharge, and rediscover yourself amidst the challenges of a fast-paced world.

Our Founders

Meet the Visionaries
Behind SoliVana

Natasha and Anna Berness - Founders of SoliVana Wellness Spa
Natasha Berness
Co-Founder & Wellness Director

With a background that marries science and spirituality, Natasha brings unparalleled expertise to SoliVana. Her passion for biohacking and longevity drives her commitment to helping others unlock their highest potential through holistic healing.

Credentials
Holistic Wellness Coach
Certified Advanced Ayurvedic Practitioner
Master Biofield Tuning & Reiki Energy Healer
Certified Bioenergetic Energy Medicine Practitioner
Anna Berness
Co-Founder & Experience Director

Anna complements Natasha's expertise with her extensive background in marketing, design, and client relations. Her focus on creating meaningful connections and exceptional client experiences has helped make SoliVana a trusted destination for those seeking balance.

Focus Areas
Client Experience Design
Brand & Marketing Strategy
Community Building
Operational Excellence
Natasha's Journey

25 Years of Seeking,
Studying & Mastering

Every modality at SoliVana was earned before it was offered. For Natasha, the path to wellness authority didn't begin in a classroom — it began every time the corporate world pushed her to her edge, and she chose to heal instead of push through.

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Ayurvedic Medicine
One of the world's oldest healing systems became Natasha's first framework for understanding the body as a whole — seasonal rhythms, doshas, and the link between digestion, energy, and mental clarity. Certified as an Advanced Ayurvedic Practitioner.
Bioenergetics & Biofield Healing
Trained in Bioenergetic Energy Medicine and Biofield Tuning — the science of the body's electromagnetic field and how stored trauma and stress manifest as measurable energetic disruption. Certified at the master practitioner level in both modalities.
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Hypnosis & Subconscious Reprogramming
High performance breaks down when the subconscious is running old scripts. Natasha studied clinical hypnosis and subconscious reprogramming to address the root layer — the beliefs and patterns that no amount of strategy can override.
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Mental & Emotional Release
Trained in somatic and emotional release modalities that work below the cognitive level — because the nervous system stores what the mind doesn't fully process. These practices became foundational to Natasha's understanding of sustainable recovery.
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Reiki & Energy Medicine
Certified as a Master Reiki Energy Healer, Natasha integrates subtle energy work with measurable bioenergetic protocols — bridging the ancient and the clinical into a unified approach to systemic healing.
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Holistic Coaching
Certified as a Holistic Wellness Coach, Natasha combines her executive background with a whole-person methodology — addressing lifestyle, nutrition, mindset, and biology together, never in isolation.
Professional Membership
Member · American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M)
A4M is the world's leading medical organization advancing longevity science and regenerative medicine. Natasha's membership connects her to the frontier of biohacking, hormone optimization, peptide therapy, and evidence-based anti-aging protocols — knowledge that flows directly into SoliVana's service design.
25+
Years of holistic study
8+
Healing modalities mastered
How It Began

The Story Behind
The Sanctuary

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The Corporate Years
25 Years Building Silicon Valley's Biggest Brands

For over two decades, Natasha and Anna were deep inside the machine — Natasha, a Big 4 management consulting executive at IBM, EY and Deloitte, then senior leadership roles at LinkedIn, Charles Schwab, and Levi Strauss & Co. — Anna, a lead senior designer at Oracle and marketing executive at multiple Silicon Valley startups. They drove enterprise transformation, built high-performing teams, and delivered the kind of results Silicon Valley rewards. On paper, everything looked like success.

The Breaking Point
When High Performance Became High Cost

But the relentless pace extracted a price. The chronic stress, the sleepless nights before quarterly reviews, the suppressed autoimmune signals the body sends when it's been ignored too long — they both experienced what Silicon Valley rarely names out loud: the burnout that comes not from weakness, but from operating a human nervous system like enterprise software with no downtime scheduled. They looked around and realized: every brilliant person they knew was running on empty.

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The Search
Looking for What Didn't Exist Yet

They turned to wellness — and found it lacking. Generic spa days that felt like a pause button, not a reset. Supplements without diagnostics. Meditation apps that addressed the mind while the body kept breaking down. What Silicon Valley's highest performers needed wasn't a day off — it was a system. A place where science-backed therapies were curated with the same precision as a product roadmap. A private sanctuary, not a wellness chain. They tested everything themselves first: float tanks, contrast therapy, bioenergetics, PEMF, sound healing. Nothing went into SoliVana that didn't prove itself.

The Decision
Building the Recovery System They Wished Had Existed

In July 2023, Natasha and Anna opened SoliVana Wellness Spa at 1922 El Camino Real in Redwood City — not as a pivot from their careers, but as the culmination of them. Every therapy modality, every private suite, every carefully chosen protocol is the answer to a question they lived: What does a brilliant person actually need to stay brilliant? SoliVana is that answer, built by two women who know what it costs to perform at the top — and what it takes to sustain it.

Our Philosophy

What We
Refuse to Compromise On

Wellness is full of nice words. These are the things we actually mean — the convictions that shape every room, every protocol, and every interaction at SoliVana.

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Your body is not the enemy. It's trying to tell you something.
Chronic pain, fatigue, anxiety, and burnout are not character flaws — they're signals. We believe in listening to the body with precision instruments, not silencing it with band-aids. Every protocol we use is designed to decode what your biology is actually saying.
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Rest is not the opposite of performance. It is performance.
Silicon Valley taught a generation of high achievers to treat recovery as a weakness — something you do when you've exhausted every other option. We believe the opposite. Regulated rest is the competitive edge most high performers never develop. It's available to you. Most people just don't know how to access it.
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Science and spirit are not opposites. They are partners.
The most powerful therapies we offer are those where measurable biology and ancient wisdom meet. Photobiomodulation and energy healing. Contrast therapy and breathwork. Biofeedback and intuitive assessment. We don't choose between data and depth — we demand both.
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Privacy is not a luxury. It's a requirement for real healing.
You cannot fully release when you feel observed. Every suite at SoliVana is private. Every client interaction is confidential. We designed our space so that the moment you walk in, the world outside stops having access to you. Because that boundary is where recovery actually begins.
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Staying brilliant requires investing in what keeps you brilliant.
We serve the people who build, lead, and shape this region. We take that responsibility seriously. SoliVana exists because two women who lived inside Silicon Valley's highest-pressure environments understood that the world needs its sharpest minds at full capacity — not running on cortisol and caffeine. Your health is not an indulgence. It is infrastructure.

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