Name: The Present Moment Game (4-Week Closed Group): 1/29, 2/5, 2/12, and 2/19
Start: 2026-01-29T19:00:00-08:00
Location: 2820 7th St, Berkeley, CA, United States, California 94710

$The Present Moment Game (4-Week Closed Group): 1\/29, 2\/5, 2\/12, and 2\/19$

The Present Moment Game is an experimental social meditation practice that offers a simple yet powerful technique to help people collectively drop into the Now. We call it a game, but it’s really just a framework to deepen present-moment consciousness with like-minded individuals looking to cultivate this awareness together, in community.
The Alembic will be hosting a 4-week closed group for those who want to explore the container of the Game more intimately — not just as a one-off experience, but in the company of the same group of players over the course of four consecutive weeks.
If you’re craving more human nourishment as we move into the quieter weeks of winter, consider joining us. We anticipate a meaningful arc of self-discovery, connection, and community unfolding over our four shared sessions together.
What’s the thinking behind the game?
So much of our time with others is spent pulling from the past or projecting into the future. In fact, it’s surprisingly rare to really BE with someone in the moment, even when we're right there with them.
But what if we had a way to fully meet one another, right in the Here & Now?
When stories about the past and plans for the future fall away, what’s left in their wake is just empty space, ready for a new kind of social experience to occur. This is the space we step into when we come together to play the game.
What to expect at each game:
6:45 – Doors open (Please arrive within the next 15 minutes. If you choose to help yourself to tea, please note that you'll be asked to leave it outside the circle once the game begins)
7:00 PM – Event begins, we move into the space (Grace period ends at 7:05 exactly - there will be no admittance beyond this time)
7:05 PM – Welcome / Review game rules
7:25 PM – Begin game
8:25 PM – Game ends / group debrief
8:45 PM – Event concludes, you’re welcome to stick around with the community for tea
9:30 PM – Tea service ends, space closes
Alli Magidsohn is the creator of The Present Moment Game, an experimental social meditation practice that offers a simple yet powerful technique to help people drop into the Now. After being introduced to T-Group in 2018, Alli got involved in the local community but soon realized that it wasn’t the relational mechanics that interested her the most, but the context of the practice itself; the felt sense of people paying close attention to what was happening right now. So, she took the context of T-Group—the present moment—and made it the actual *subject* of the inquiry. She also added a few simple linguistic constraints, inspired by E-Prime, to gently trap one's language (and therefore their thinking) inside of the Now. The result of these innovations is The Present Moment Game. As a seasoned meaning-maker and strategist, her game is a playful yet profound invitation to explore what it means to be together in community, right in the Here & Now. Learn more: www.thepresentmomentgame.com // Instagram: @thepresentmomentgame.