Contemporary Jewelry Design and Yoga

CEBU, Philippines — A lot has since changed in the way jewelry is designed, crafted and popularly perceived. A balance between tradition and re-convention is now an endeared ideal that’s highly sought for by designers, jewelers and wearers.

It’s on such balancing act where a homegrown jewelry brand anchors its newest collection – a line that imbues yoga principles and contemporary bohemian fashion styles into fine jewelry pieces. Dubbed the #YogiJenCollection, Oro China Jewelry’s newest line makes philosophies and principles of an ancient Hindu spiritual and ascetic discipline as wearable forms of art.

Molded from a partnership with Cebuana designer, Yoga instructor and wellness advocate Jennifer Martinez, the jewelry line is mainly composed of pieces that are set in gold and precious healing stones like amethyst, lapiz lazuli and garnet.

Scored by Martinez’s appreciation for elemental lines and shapes, the collection is drawn by a minimalist aesthetic that sets a sensually graceful appeal when worn.

Exuding a sense of the muladhara, svadhisthana, manipura, anahata, sahasrara, vishuddha and the anja chakra stance, pieces in the line are also rooted on yoga’s elements of wellness, symbolizing and embodying the grounding properties of earth, the versatility of water, the driving factors of fire, the communicable aspects of air and the attracting and repealing properties of space.

In applying yoga principles in contemporary jewelry design, the #YogiJenCollection by Oro China Jewelry sets its direction towards changing popular perceptions about yoga and contemporary fashion.

Japamala meditation beads may long have been at the fore where yoga principles and wearable accessories are concerned, but with the recent launch of the #YogiJenCollection, Oro China and Jen Martinez is an indication that jewelry design can go way beyond wearable fashion.