Octaband LLC

Octaband LLC Octaband is a colorful, fun interactive tool which promotes physicality, individual self-expression and community-building.

The Octaband® provides a visual representation of each person as an individual and an integral member of a group. I was motivated to create the Octaband® to address the needs of a specific group of older adults with dementia whose cognitive, physical and social challenges kept them isolated. The sensory features of the Octaband® stimulated and inspired them to engage, move together and look at one

another across the circle. It is the uniqueness of each one of us and our connection to a larger whole that is manifested in the image of the Octaband® - a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts, a whole that bubbles up with synergy. This wholeness represents the inherent potential of health and well-being of each of the participants.

08/27/2026

Thank you for posting. Ośrodek Terapii i Rozwoju Arteja. You have been using this for quite a while, and with a number of populations.

Love every opportunity to check in with your body and what may be holding you back!
08/21/2026

Love every opportunity to check in with your body and what may be holding you back!

We LOVE seeing the Octaband in action in community! Thank you Julie Plaut Schreiber for sharing these AMAZING photos of ...
08/13/2026

We LOVE seeing the Octaband in action in community! Thank you Julie Plaut Schreiber for sharing these AMAZING photos of inspiration for Octaband play on the ground 🤩

08/08/2026

Join the Authentic Thriving Community page (link in comments) to witness this and other Authentic Thriving Conversations and presentations

Friday, August 14th, Donna Newman-Bluestein and Lakshmi Sirois will post their Authentic Thriving Conversation On Play and Authenticity.

Donna Newman-Bluestein is a dance/movement therapist whose dreams have guided much of her life. Listening to her authentic inner voice through play and practicing authentic movement, as well as dedicated and disciplined hard work, has led her to create the Octaband®, and "The Dance of Interaction manual" about embodied relationships in dementia care, along with the book, "Ollie the Octopus"

08/05/2026

Thank you Music Makers Plymouth - New.

08/04/2026

Yes 🙌 find your state of play!

08/03/2026

Octopuses are so smart (or smaht as we Bostonians like to say). Thats why the OctAband is named after you. Except she's a girl.

07/16/2026

😂 Perfect sales pitch, we know 😉

Lookie. These are photos that just shared from her workshop - hmmn! She's so busy. I think this one was the Jewish Song...
07/14/2026

Lookie. These are photos that just shared from her workshop - hmmn! She's so busy. I think this one was the Jewish Songwriters Workshop.

So much joy she brings - along with the Octaband®, her favorite tool in her toolkit.

🙌 Dance for brain & body health!! Shots fromSherborn Council on Aging
07/10/2026

🙌 Dance for brain & body health!!

Shots from
Sherborn Council on Aging

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Linthicum Heights, MD
21090

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