Jacob Watson

Rev. Jacob Watson, D. Min., is a meditation teacher, author and chaplain. He graduated from the Chaplaincy Institute for Arts & Interfaith Ministries and the University of Creation Spirituality. He helped start the Center for Grieving Children, was the founding Abbot of the interfaith Chaplaincy Institute of Maine, and served several hospices as chaplain.

A meditator for 50 years, Jacob studies with Chas DiCapua, guiding teacher of the Open Door Meditation Community, of which he is a member. He also belongs to Portland Dharma House, where he served on the Leadership Council, and he meditates with them daily. His life is focused on teaching, writing, prayer and meditation, and his teachings, meditations and stories can be heard on Insight Timer.

Jacob is the author of Essence: The Emotional Path to Spirit, Enso Morning: Daily Meditation Gifts, and Gifts of Grief: A Man's Revelations after Sudden Loss, written after the sudden death of his wife Kristine. Enso Morning gathers over 160 Morning Blessing Letters drawn from the nature of coastal Maine. He has also written We're Gainin', a memoir of founding the Collins Brook free school in Maine at age 27.