Jaime Howell is a musician, story teller, rite of passage developer and international Meditation/Open Floor teacher. He is a director of community led rites of passage events both here in Aotearoa and in Brazil.

Jaime is the Director of Opening Minds, an organisation dedicated to nourishing the seeds of wisdom and compassion here in Aotearoa, New Zealand. He is a graduate of a three year school of mindfulness/meditation who went on to spend another three years as the resident practitioner at the Wangapeka Study and Retreat Centre. Jaime has a Masters in Education.

Jaime major offerings involve developing and offering subsidised residential meditation/open floor retreats for young adults to access the kinds of resources they need for embodied leadership.

He passionately involved in mens work, carrying a poetic musical torch for helping men of all ages find their innate abilities to move well in the spirit of the Great Turning.