Programs
You’ve mastered everything else.
Your body deserves the same precision.
Lumine Root
A longevity program with Julie
Four weeks of guidance in movement, mindset, and meals for women in midlife, timed to the moon and the season, so you can transform how you live in your body.
- Balance your metabolism
- Reverse your biological age
- Thrive in a life you love
A guided path, with someone in your corner
Video Chat every Thursday
We’ll meet by video call every Thursday evening at 7pm Eastern to go through the week’s plan and answer questions.
A 1:1 session with Julie
One private session at the start of the program to talk through your goals and challenges, so Julie can tailor a mini plan (PDF) for you.
Your Sunday email
Every Sunday, an email with your week ahead and a guide to the week’s focus: the science, your grocery list, and what to expect.
A small circle of women
Eight women beginning together on the new moon, with weekly video calls (optional and recorded) for community.
Your Lumine Daily Guide
A daily card on our app with a morning mantra, a recipe, and movement based on the energy of the day.
Designed to help you feel the difference
- Steadier energy, from morning to evening
- Deeper sleep, even in the nights before the full moon
- Stronger and more toned, the meno pot included
- Less bloating and a happier gut
- Confidence in what to eat, carbs included
- Feeling like yourself again
What changed for them
“Julie recommended that I move my exercise sessions to the afternoons since I often wake up stressed (with high cortisol), and that I increase my HIIT and introduce some sprint training. What a world of difference, within 2 months I dropped a dress size and started feeling more powerful with the way I walked.”
Lisa M.
“Changing my workout times and adding things I never thought to do–ballet moves, some yoga, jumping jacks, skipping, made exercise fun for me and something I now look forward to.”
Jennifer P.
Every body responds differently, and results vary.
You’re doing everything right. So why isn’t it working?
Because so much of what you’ve been told was written for someone else. Workouts built for younger bodies, fasting and biohacking studied on men, and diets that cut fat, sugar, and carbs leave a woman in midlife tired, hungry, and wondering what she’s doing wrong.
Lumine Root begins with your body as it is now. Over four weeks, you build the habits that last: eating in a way that keeps you full and steady, moving for strength, sleeping in step with the light and the moon, and making room for the calm and joy that keep you going. By the fourth week, you feel more aligned and attuned to what your body needs.
For women ready to choose themselves again
For women in perimenopause, menopause, and beyond who want expert guidance, a small circle of women on the same path, and habits that last long after January.
You can begin wherever you are, whether you are new to movement or train regularly. Each session meets you at your level and progresses week by week.
Julie Elaine Brown
Julie is the founder of Lumine, a certified nutrition coach, and a personal trainer who taught fitness for years. A five-time founder, she co-founded Rêve Health, a biomarker health company, where women loved its seasonal programs, and she has spent 25 years in health, leading launches for Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer.
After two surgeries for fibroids in 2022, Julie rebuilt her strength with the daily practices at the heart of Lumine, and Function Health measured her biological age at 15.9 years younger than her calendar age.
“I built this for us.”
Julie Elaine Brown, M.A., NASM-CNC, CPT
What’s possible after 50
Biological age measures how old your body behaves, beyond the number of birthdays you’ve had. Julie has tested hers with two of the most respected labs in longevity.
Function Health measured her biological age at 15.9 years younger than her calendar age. Three months earlier, it had been 13.6. TruDiagnostic, an epigenetic test whose organ age measure was developed with research partners at Yale, found every organ system younger than her calendar age.
Different tests measure different things. Every one Julie has taken puts her younger than her age, and the daily practices behind those results are the heart of Lumine Root.
Four weeks, one full moon cycle
Each week builds on the last, so by the fourth the habits are yours.
Foundations
What makes a healthy plate, how your body moves well, how to sleep well in winter, and Longevity 101.
- Your private session and personal guide
- The balanced plate, and why carbs belong on it, with glucose and glycogen in plain words
- Your first seasonal grocery list: winter squash, citrus, cranberries, and dark greens
- Sleep in the longest nights of the year
- Mindset: one intention, a mantra, and a reflection to set the tone of your day
Finding your rhythm
Sun salutations, step ups, single-leg bridges, and your first push up.
- When to move: what the research shows about morning and evening exercise for women
- Why muscle arrives before fat leaves, and why the scale can rise despite all your hard work
- The five minute walk after a meal, and how working muscle draws sugar from your blood
- Why more plants can mean more bloating at first, and what to do about it
- Why variety moves the needle, and why ten minutes counts
- Getting ready for the full moon: why sleep starts later and runs lighter in the four to five nights before it, and how light and melatonin play a part
- Mindset: how the way you see your own aging shapes how you age
Momentum
Week three is often the hardest, and sleep runs shorter around the full moon. This week is about sleeping better, staying motivated, and honoring the work you have done. Gentler days around the full moon, then strength returns: a full push up, split squats, and ballet work at the counter.
- Light and mood: morning daylight for the midwinter fog
- Soreness and recovery, and why hydration matters more than you think
- Warming winter meals that calm inflammation
- Why so much fasting and biohacking advice was built on men
- Mindset: gratitude at the full moon, and why soft effort is still effort
Seeing the change
Everything you have learned comes together. This is the week many women begin to feel the difference, with deeper sleep, steadier energy, and the first small changes in their bodies, more aligned and attuned to what they need. Tree pose without the counter, lateral lunges, and chair pose, with slow reps and full range for strength that lasts.
- Longevity nutrition: the Mediterranean way of eating, and the 25 year study of women behind it
- Eating with the seasons, and why your gut microbes change with your plate
- February 1, the midpoint of winter, when the light begins to return
- Mindset: seeing how far you’ve come, and the habits to keep long after Lumine Root
- What comes next: Rise, the second month of the Lumine Method
Lumine Root is complete in four weeks. Rise and Radiate, the second and third months of the Lumine Method, are there if you want to continue.
Your body is part of how you lead
senior executives studied by the Center for Creative Leadership. Leaders who exercise regularly were rated more effective by their bosses, peers, and direct reports.
participants in sports and exercise science research are men, across six major journals, and women in midlife are among the least studied of all.
beats per minute: the peak heart rate for a 50-year-old woman under the formula built from women’s data. The standard formula, based on studies of men, says 170.
Sources: Center for Creative Leadership, “A Leader’s Best Bet: Exercise,” and McDowell-Larsen et al., Journal of Managerial Psychology, 2002. Cowley et al., “Invisible Sportswomen,” Women in Sport and Physical Activity Journal, 2021, and McNulty et al., 2024. Gulati et al., Circulation, 2010, Northwestern Medicine.
Wake up to a day designed for you
Between your Thursdays with Julie, the Lumine app guides every day. Every morning it opens on a new card: your movement for the day with the warm up and cool down built in, a seasonal recipe, and a mantra for the day’s energy. As the moon moves through its phases, your plan moves with it.
Your movement follows exercise science, starting with stability and progressing week by week. Every move uses your own body weight, so all you need is a mat and a chair or counter. After the four weeks, the app stays with you for a full year, so you wake up to Lumine every day, tailored to the season and the energy of the day.*
on Sunday, to read your week ahead
or less on most days, with your card in the Lumine app
on Thursday evening, live with Julie, recorded if you miss it
Your body keeps time with nature. Lumine does too.
Lumine is built on chronobiology, exercise science, and longevity nutrition, so every day of Lumine Root is timed to the light, the moon, and the season.
shorter melatonin night after ordinary room light before bed, which delayed melatonin in 99% of people. Melatonin shapes sleep and metabolism: women who slept with a light or TV on were 17% more likely to gain 11 pounds.
deep sleep brain activity around the full moon, with 20 minutes less sleep, in a windowless laboratory where no one could see the moon. Lumine plans gentler days in the nights before the full moon and saves the hardest work for after the new moon.
of people kept their weight off when they joined a program with friends, compared with those who joined alone. That is why Lumine Root is a circle of eight women who meet with Julie every Thursday.
Sources: Gooley et al., Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2011. Park et al., JAMA Internal Medicine, 2019. Cajochen et al., Current Biology, 2013. Wing and Jeffery, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1999.
Everyone follows your lead. For four weeks, follow the moon.
Most women spend January trying to undo December. Lumine Root begins on January 7, the first new moon of the year, after the holidays have settled and before the year picks up speed.
Winter is the season for roots. The days are short, the body asks for warmth, and what you build now carries you into spring. In one full moon cycle, you set the foundation for how you eat, move, and sleep, in rhythm with the season you’re in. The last week closes on February 1, the midpoint between the winter solstice and the spring equinox, when the light begins to return.
Registration closes January 4, or sooner if the circle fills.
Join the Lumine Root waitlist
Lumine Root begins on the new moon, January 7, 2027, limited to eight women. Founding places open soon, and women on the waitlist hear first, with founding pricing.
Founding priceFrom $1,200
One email when founding places open. Nothing else unless you ask.Before you begin
What’s included?
Lumine Root is four weeks of guidance: your daily card in the Lumine app, four Sunday emails with your plan for the week, four live calls with Julie, and one private session with your personal guide for the four weeks. One-to-one personal training and individual meal plans are available separately as private sessions with Julie.
Are there payment plans?
Yes. When founding places open, you can pay in full or in installments with Affirm or Klarna at checkout.
I’m running a company. When would I do this?
Ten minutes on Sunday to read your week, 15 minutes or less on most days with your card, and one hour on Thursday evening, recorded if you miss it.
I’ve started programs before and stopped.
Most women have, usually after about a month, because the plan was built for someone else. Lumine Root is built for women in midlife, with Julie in your corner every week and the Lumine app with you for a full year after.
What if I miss a Thursday call?
Every call is recorded and sent to you the next morning.
I’m new to exercise. Or I already train hard.
Both work. Every movement starts at your level and progresses week by week, so a beginner and a woman who lifts six days a week can do the same program.
I eat plant-based, or I have foods I avoid.
Your personal guide is built around how you eat, and the recipes are plant-forward. Julie has been vegetarian since she was twelve.
Do I have to do all three months?
Lumine Root stands on its own and is complete in four weeks. Rise and Radiate, the second and third months of the Lumine Method, are there if you want to continue.
What do I need?
A mat and a sturdy chair or counter. Every movement uses your own body weight. If you’d like more challenge, a light resistance band.
What if I change my mind?
Changed your mind before January 7? You’ll receive a full refund. Once the program begins, refunds aren’t available, but your full payment can be applied to private sessions with Julie.
Is this medical advice?
Lumine is wellness guidance. If you’re managing a health condition, check with your doctor before you begin.
You are the path. Lumine lights the way.
Lumine Root begins January 7, 2027. Limited to eight women.Lumine is wellness guidance, not medical advice. Every body responds differently, and results vary.
*Complimentary access applies to the Lumine app’s foundational tier. See the Terms of Use.