Naomi Choi is a 500 hr Registered Yoga Teacher, and the creative force behind asana.ceramics.

'asana' often refers to the more physical practice of poses and postures in yoga, but in Sanskrit the term actually translates to 'seat', as in a steady and comfortable seat. Thus, it can also be understood as the vehicle of the soul, and a container of consciousness; and the practice of asana as one of cultivating ease within oneself. 

Since growing up in NYC, adulting in San Francisco, and landing in Houston by way of her former career as a university professor of political philosophy, teaching yoga and working with clay is where Naomi has found her ease and personal alignment. Her wheel-thrown and hand-built clay creations are experimentations in forms and finishes.  Through constant trial and error, she continues to refine her approach by learning what works and what does not, evolving her craft to reduce uncertainty a bit more over time.

Naomi credits her deepening yoga practice for giving her the courage to pursue the ceramic arts and yoga teaching full-time. In any given week you can find her teaching yoga at The Space Between Studio, Obsidian Flow Yoga; and ceramics at the Evelyn J. Rubenstein Jewish Community Center of Houston (ERJCC), HTX Clay, and Four Circle Studio at the Asch Building.

Currently, her installation “A Living Vessel: Onggi, Fermentation, and the Self”, winner of the Juror’s Merit Award, can be seen as part of Craft Texas 2025 at The Houston Center for Contemporary Craft.

Naomi has been selected as 1 of 25 artists to participate in the Mid-America Arts Alliance Artist INC 2025 cohort hosted by Fresh Arts.