Our story · Est. 2023
Built by People Who Lived It
How it began
For more than two decades, Natasha and Anna worked inside the demanding world of Silicon Valley. Natasha’s career included management consulting at IBM, EY and Deloitte, followed by leadership roles at LinkedIn, Charles Schwab and Levi Strauss & Co. Anna brought a background as a senior designer at Oracle and in marketing at Silicon Valley startups.
Their own experience of relentless work led them to explore a different way to make room for rest. They tried float, contrast, bioenergetics, PEMF and sound experiences themselves before creating a place where other people could explore them.
In July 2023, they opened Solivana at 1922 El Camino Real in Redwood City. The studio grew from a question they had lived: how do you make looking after yourself part of a full life, rather than something you postpone until everything else is done?
One studio, built by its owners
Solivana is an owner-built wellness studio in Redwood City. The people who shaped the rooms and experiences are part of the place you visit, with personal attention to how the day feels from arrival to departure.
REST Float and Fire & Ice offer private suites. The Himalayan salt room offers quiet company and may be shared. Choose the setting that suits you rather than assuming every experience takes place alone.
Meet the two women behind Solivana
Natasha Berness, Co-Founder & CEO
Natasha brings enterprise leadership together with a long-standing interest in whole-person wellness. Her work includes personal wellness conversations and practitioner-led experiences.
Her training includes Ayurveda, bioenergetics, Biofield Tuning, Reiki, Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Mental & Emotional Release and holistic wellness coaching. Her founder profile lists the individual qualifications. These are wellness practices and qualifications, not medical licensure.
Anna Berness, Co-Founder & CMO
Anna brings marketing, design and client-relations experience to the studio. Her focus is the visit itself: the details, community connections and personal welcome that make a space feel considered.
Natasha’s journey
Ayurveda
Study of Ayurveda introduced a traditional framework for thinking about seasonal rhythms, routines and the body as a whole. At Solivana, it belongs to the wellness conversation, not diagnosis or a replacement for clinical care.
Bioenergetics & Biofield Tuning
Natasha trained in bioenergetics and Biofield Tuning. These approaches use their own language of energy and information; their interpretations do not establish disease, nutritional needs or medical treatment requirements.
Hypnosis, NLP & Mental and Emotional Release
Her studies include hypnosis, Neuro-Linguistic Programming and Mental & Emotional Release. Ask about the scope and consent arrangements of any practitioner-led work. A wellness session is not crisis care or a substitute for mental-health treatment.
Reiki & holistic coaching
Reiki and holistic wellness coaching bring gentle practitioner attention and discussion of daily routines into her work. You can explore these traditions while keeping medical questions with your qualified healthcare professional.
What we refuse to compromise on
Room for rest. Time to pause belongs in a full life, not only at the end of a difficult week.
Personal choice. Some people want warm water and stillness; others want heat, cold, sound or a practitioner conversation. The right starting point should fit the experience you want.
Clear boundaries. Wellness equipment, traditional practices and assessment reports have different purposes and limitations. None of the experiences here is medical diagnosis or treatment.
A considered setting. Private suites, a softly lit shared salt room and personal conversations offer different ways to step away from the pace outside. Tell the team what you need before you visit.