Rabbi Heyn has many years of experience in providing spiritual care and coaching to people of all religious backgrounds and orientations.  His service as a pastoral care professional ranges from making visits to homes, hospitals, and other facilities to scheduling appointments in his office.  He is able to assist people dealing with a wide variety of health, social, emotional and spiritual issues, most often during times of crisis.

While bringing Jewish wisdom to his encounters, Rabbi Heyn respects the dignity and beliefs of each individual, in many case facilitating improved understanding and communication between clients and their families or respective faith communities.

As a life-cycle ceremony officiant, Rabbi Heyn is the rabbi of choice among both religious and secular Jews.  His "congregation-without-walls" includes the largest and fastest growing segment of the Jewish community -- unaffiliated Jews and intermarried families.  Rabbi Heyn works with:

Individuals: Bar/Bat Mitzvah and conversion preparation, pastoral care visits, spiritual direction

Jewish & Interfaith Couples: wedding and commitment ceremonies

Families: brises & babynamings, bar/bat miztvah ceremonies, funerals & memorial services

Congregations: concerts, programs, Divrei Torah, weekend programs, and retreats

"Integral means comprehensive, holistic, inclusive, nonmarginalizing, embracing..."

An integral approach attempts to include as many perspectives, styles, or methodologies as possible within a coherent view of a given topic.  For example, it can 'integrate' insights from science, religion and philosophy, demonstrating how each perspective contributes toward a more comprehensive, coherent worldview.  In this way, an integral approach draws together a number of separate paradigms into an interrelated network of approaches that are mutually enriching.

It may not be so easy to understand at first blush, but if you have an open and inquiring mind, check out these resources...

- Integral Halachah - the book by Rabbis Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Daniel Siegel
- Integral Enlightenment - free audio recordings of interviews with leading Integral thinkers
- Integral Consciousness and the Future of Evolution - the book by Steve McIntosh
- Wikipedia - a good description of Integral thought and the emerging 'Integral movement'
- Holistic Education Network - an assortment of integral links
- integral.diana.lu - another assortment of useful links and resources (out of Luxembourg!)
- Integral Institute - the organization (based in Boulder, CO) founded upon the work of Ken Wilber
- Integral Naked - a forum for speakers and interviews
- Integral Visioning - more good links and lots of articles
- Integral World - a vast array of articles and perspectives

There is no expression in English that encompasses the meaning of the Hebrew word 'MAMASH.'  Instead of a word, the only equivalent in the English language is an exclamation mark (!)

For example, if you see a sunset in all of its amazing beauty, you might say, "That's beautiful!"  Notice the exclamation mark?  That's where the word 'MAMASH' goes.

The same can be said about Rabbi Heyn's band.  MAMASH is a loosely-knit network of musicians engaged in developing an integral approach to life, music, and spirituality.