I just used Sora for the first time, since ChatGPT shoved that link into my grill. And pretty much got what you would see in a beginners’ Feldenkrais class, from someone who’s totally new to Somatics or Feldenkrais, and is used to stiff workouts:

Prompt: a yoga person lying on the left side, with legs slightly folded, arms extended forwards, right hand resting on or near the left hand

We see: Legs super tightly pulled up, despite the prompt being “slightly folded.” The neck super stiff, the chest tensed up. The hands are placed according to the prompt, but also held with a lot of tension.

Still, a good start, because we got someone on the floor! Now we can start improving. Or, “could,” (in quotes) if it was a real person with memory and the capacity for learning :)

Now that I think about it, two years ago I sent in my application to Tesla robotics. But I neither got a job offer, nor an interview invitation. Just a standard turn-down email. It seems like they are more interested in technical engineers, rather than knowledgable movement teachers.

Prompt: a Feldenkrais practitioner lying on the left side, with legs slightly folded, not drawn up, just bent a little at the knees and hips, enough to provide stability, the arms are casually extended forwards, with the right hand resting near the left hand. The fingers, hands, wrists are relaxed. So is the rest of the person. This means the head is resting on the floor. The spine is relaxed and reflects the natural curve that is a result of the head resting on the floor, the legs on top of each other and relaxed. The person is at ease, waiting to hear the first movement instruction.

Better. And Sora AI even upgraded the hard, plastic Yoga mat to a more comfy futon-style mat, the likes we use in Feldenkrais-inspired classes.

Also, a nice touch, the man: not only outnumbered by women, as in real life, but also the slowest on the uptake. LOL. Not bad, not bad at all. But not sure if worth the effort. I mean the image prompt creation.