Real life,
woven with light
LUMA is meant to live in **real** lives — in sessions, projects, circles, and neighborhoods. These examples show how different people and groups can weave LUMA into what they already do.
Solo practitioners & small studios
You're a healer, coach, designer, developer, teacher, artist, or space-holder. You already charge in money — but there are people you'd love to help who can't always pay full price in cash.
Partial LUMA sessions
You keep your normal prices, but allow a portion (say 20–40%) of your work to be paid in LUMA. The rest is paid in your local currency as usual.
Sliding-scale support
Clients who are in transition (new business, healing, burnout) can use LUMA to access you now, while planning to give back more to the field later when they are stronger.
Collaborative packages
You join forces with another Luminary (e.g. healer + designer + finance coach) and offer a combined package, each receiving LUMA + money for your part.
Circles, hubs & community spaces
You host gatherings, circles, or events — maybe from your living room, a rented studio, or a shared venue. You want to recognize the invisible work that makes community possible.
Hosting & logistics
The host receives LUMA for opening their space, handling logistics, and holding the field. Attendees might contribute a mix of money (to cover hard costs) and LUMA (for community value).
Roles behind the scenes
People who help with sound, tech setup, communications, co-facilitation, or translation can receive LUMA, even if they're not "on the invoice".
Multi-circle ecosystems
Over time, multiple circles in the same city or online network can share members and support. A person who gives a lot of energy in a women's circle might receive support from a tech circle or a finance group, using LUMA as the bridge.
Projects & micro-businesses
You're building something that needs many skills: design, copy, tech, operations, community management. You don't want to burn through cash before the project even launches.
LUMA core team
Early collaborators agree to contribute a set number of hours per month in exchange for LUMA, plus clear agreements about when/if money or equity may enter later.
Prototype without debt
You can test an offer, create a landing page, or run a pilot program with LUMA as the main reciprocity unit, reducing the need to borrow money just to begin.
Hybrid launches
When the project begins to earn fiat, part of the revenue can be used to repay earlier contributions — not directly as LUMA "redemption," but as a thank-you decided by the humans involved.
Events, retreats & intensives
Retreats and events involve many moving pieces — facilitation, logistics, food, space, transportation, marketing, and more. LUMA helps track the real human effort behind the scenes.
Before the event
Organizers, designers, marketers, and support staff can receive LUMA for time spent planning, promoting, and preparing, alongside any money that is possible to pay.
During and after
Facilitators and volunteers receive LUMA for holding space and caring for participants. After the event, LUMA can connect people into ongoing support circles instead of dropping contact.
Remote & digital collaborations
Many of the people who will use LUMA will never meet physically. They'll collaborate across cities and countries, sharing knowledge, design, and tech.
Online task swaps
"I help you set up your newsletter system, you help me with Spanish copywriting" — tracked in LUMA so we don't lose the thread of who contributed what.
Study groups
People meet weekly to learn a tool, language, or modality. Facilitators receive LUMA; participants may earn LUMA by co-teaching or supporting others.
Open-source style
Contributors to a shared resource (content library, tech tool, curriculum) earn LUMA as a recognition of their time and care, independent of any future monetization.
Underneath all these examples: frequency and culture
LUMA is not only a ledger — it's a culture of honouring, reciprocity, and sovereignty. Every use case is an invitation to ask:
The specific numbers and contracts will evolve. The core intention stays: to build a living field where humans feel resourced, seen, and connected.
See the mechanics or jump in with us
You can read more about the underlying system, or simply join the early circle and we'll explore concrete use cases together.