Gentle, precise rolling moves and deliberate pauses signal the nervous system to release chronic patterns.
Developed by the late Tom Bowen in Australia in the 1950s, Bowenwork (also known as the Bowen Technique) is a dynamic soft-tissue experience that uses gentle, precise rolling moves across specific points on the body's fascia, muscles, tendons, and nerve pathways. What makes Bowenwork unique — and uniquely powerful — is the use of deliberate pauses between sequences of moves. These pauses allow the nervous system to process and integrate the signals being sent, triggering a profound reset response that cannot be achieved through continuous manipulation. The body responds to Bowenwork over the 5–7 days following an experience — making it one of the few experiences whose most significant effects occur after the appointment rather than during.
Duration: 60 minutes. Price from $150.
Newark is about twenty-five minutes from SoliVana Wellness Lab over the Dumbarton Bridge. Reset your nervous system with fourteen experiences in one place. Twenty-five minutes from Newark, SoliVana offers float experience, red light, PEMF, and contrast experience — a complete recovery lab just across the bridge.
Drive about 25 minutes via Dumbarton Bridge. Nearby reference points include Newark community center and the Don Edwards wildlife refuge.
SoliVana Wellness Lab is a private wellness sanctuary in Redwood City, California offering fourteen evidence-informed experiences: Float Experience, Fire & Ice Contrast Experience, Halotherapy Experience, Red Light Experience, PEMF Experience, EMTT Pulsed Magnetic Experience, Pressotherapy Experience, NeuroVIZR Brain Reset Experience, Bowenwork Experience, Vibration Plate Experience, Biofield Energy Healing Experience, BioEnergetics Scan, Zyto Scan, and Body Composition Analysis.
Address: 1922 El Camino Real, Redwood City, CA 94063. Phone: 650-564-4325. Hours: Monday–Sunday, 11:00am–8:00pm.