Jewelry as a sacred tool for mindfulness | Amy Torello | TEDxSanMigueldeAllende

American jewelry designer, Amy Torello, contemplates the relevance of meaningful adornment, in today's hectic consumerist world and suggests that perhaps it is as simple as the rings we wear on our fingers, or the charms we hang around our necks, that can lead to accessing for small doses of quiet presence and mindfulness throughout our day. Amy Torello is an award winning jewelry designer from San Francisco that has called Mexico home for the last 17 years. After years of apprenticing around the world, she built her studio in Taxco Guerrero, right in the heart of the Mexican silversmithing tradition. Working with local artisans, Amy hopes to do her part to keep the craft alive in a region hard hit by the narco wars. She created her most recent project, The Humanity Ring, in conjunction with her husband as their small gift to the world- both as a fundraising vehicle for humanitarian causes as well as a personal meditation tool to help each of us find peace in these trying times. To learn more visit thehumanityring.com. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

[@itouchtheskyslowlifeitaly]

Thank you so much for talking and sharing your personal story of your creativity. Lovely watching and listening to you here on the top of Trentino Italy mountain.

[@amytorello4912]

Thank you for taking the time to watch and appreciating the ideas. Lovely to hear this found its way to you over there on the top of Trentino Mountain!!!

[@itouchtheskyslowlifeitaly]

Thanks to technology I can watch TEDx. Cheers.

[@dm_grant]

Oh come on!

[@ufosrus]

Should be titled: Diamonds are a girl's best friend.

[@amytorello4912]

Funnily enough, I do not work in diamonds.

[@cole3848]

A lot of good info in this video. A lot of selling too. Lmao

[@amytorello4912]

Interesting to hear. What do you feel is being sold to you? I am genuinely curious.

[@degnislucero4294]

This is en México? Where all the white peoples retirees

[@amytorello4912]

Pues si es cierto que mucha gente blanca se han jubilado por acá, no quiere decir que cada persona que vive aquí es un blanco jubilado.