The Viral Jaw Drop: What the LeAnn Rimes Video Is Actually Selling You

By now you have probably seen the video. LeAnn Rimes lying on a cushion, a man named Garry Lineham with his gloved hand inside her mouth, and within sixty seconds she is sobbing uncontrollably. The caption called it "a physical letting go of things we didn't even know we were carrying." Millions of women watched it and felt something stir. What if that could be me? What if my body is holding something I need to release?

I get it. I really do. We are all carrying something. And the wellness world has gotten very, very good at speaking to that ache in a language that sounds almost biblical. Almost.

But friend, we are called to test everything. So let's do that together.

What Is Human Garage, Actually?

Human Garage is a wellness movement founded by Garry Lineham, a self-described self-taught healer with no known medical credentials. Their method is called "Fascial Maneuvers," which are physical movements and manual techniques aimed at releasing tension stored in the fascia, the connective tissue that wraps around your muscles and organs.

On the surface this sounds physiological. Fascia is real. Tension is real. But the framework wrapped around it is not neutral, and the deeper you look, the clearer it gets.

One researcher described Human Garage's following as "cult-like" and noted that the testimonial videos of people fainting and sobbing uncontrollably are "not unlike how believers collapse and cry when they receive the Holy Spirit." (The Nod Mag, 2025) That comparison is not meant as a compliment. It is a warning worth taking seriously.

So What Is Somatic Release, Really?

The broader category Human Garage operates within is called somatic therapy. "Soma" is the Greek word for the living body. The premise is that trauma, stress, and emotion are physically stored in body tissue and can be released through specific movements, breathwork, or manual techniques.

Some of this overlaps with real physiology. Chronic stress does affect the body. The nervous system does hold patterns. But Women of Grace, a Catholic discernment ministry (note: I am not catholic but they are are 100% on point here), makes something important plain about the field as a whole:

"This field is closely associated with all kinds of New Age methods, from kundalini yoga and rebirthing to rolfing and Feldenkrais." (Women of Grace)

The founder of Somatic Experiencing, Dr. Peter Levine, built his method by explicitly drawing from "indigenous healing practices" alongside neuroscience. (Family Christian Counseling Center) That is not an incidental detail. It is woven into the foundation of the framework.

The spiritual somatic therapy world is even more open about it. One spiritual somatic therapist describes the goal as helping clients "access their body's divine intelligence" and connect to their "Highest Self." (The Holistic Counseling Center) That language does not come from Scripture. It comes directly from New Age and Theosophy traditions, and we should call it what it is.

Why This Is a Biblical Problem

I want to be careful here because I know a lot of you reading this are genuinely hurting. Chronic pain, TMJ, tension that lives in your neck and shoulders, anxiety you can't shake. These are real things and they deserve real care. But the question we have to keep asking is this: what framework are we operating in, and who gets the glory?

1. The body belongs to HaShem, not to itself.

"Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Ruach HaKodesh who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? For you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body."

1 Corinthians 6:19–20

Somatic healing frameworks, including Human Garage, teach that the body has "innate healing intelligence" and that listening to your body will guide you toward healing. That is a sort of replacement theology. It puts the body in the role of God. But Scripture says the body is a creation, a temple, a dwelling place for the Spirit of the Living God. The healing flows from Him, through us. It does not originate inside us as some self-contained system waiting to be unlocked by the right practitioner.

2. Torah explicitly forbids these practices.

"There shall not be found among you anyone who… practices divination, or a soothsayer, a diviner, a sorcerer, one who casts spells, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead. For whoever does these things is detestable to Adonai."

Deuteronomy 18:10–12

Crystal healing, energy channeling, "ancient wisdom" frameworks that draw from animistic or pagan traditions. These are not neutral wellness tools with a spiritual gloss on top. They are the very practices Torah is warning us about. The packaging changes every generation. In Canaan it was divination. In 2026 it is "fascial intelligence." But the underlying claim is the same: that there are spiritual forces in creation we can tap and direct for our benefit outside of God's ordained means.

A biblical counseling journal from BC Worldview (2025) notes that "trauma survivors often seek healing through control, meaning-making, and empowerment, needs that occult practices superficially promise." That is exactly right, and it is exactly why these things are so compelling to hurting people. Source: BCWorldview.org

3. "Ancient wisdom" is not always wisdom.

"See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to the tradition of men, according to the elementary principles of the world, and not according to Messiah."

Colossians 2:8  

Human Garage leans heavily on "ancient wisdom" as an authority. But Sha'ul (Apostle Paul) is clear: the traditions of men, even very old ones, are not a trustworthy guide when they pull us away from Messiah. "Ancient" does not mean holy. Some of the oldest traditions in the world are the exact ones Torah commands us to leave behind.

4. Emotional release that bypasses repentance and the Ruach is not healing.

Here is something worth sitting with. The emotional releases happening in Human Garage sessions, the sobbing, the "that part of my life is over" declarations, the feeling of weight lifting, those are real experiences. I am not saying the people in those videos are faking it. But an emotional release is not the same thing as spiritual freedom. The Ruach HaKodesh brings real peace, real conviction, real transformation. What the enemy offers is a counterfeit of that. A catharsis that feels like healing but does not require the cross, repentance, or surrender to the God of Israel.

"He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds."

Psalm 147:3

"Come to Me, all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls."

Matthew 11:28–29

That is the real invitation. Not a jaw release. Not an energy practitioner with his hand in your mouth. Him.

What About LeAnn?

LeAnn Rimes is a woman who has clearly suffered. Twenty-nine dental surgeries, chronic TMJ, her teeth falling out on stage mid-song. My heart goes out to her. She is not the villain here. She is a picture of what happens when someone is genuinely hurting and the wellness industry hands them a counterfeit that speaks the language of healing without the foundation of truth.

Sadly LeAnn, as many other popular celebrities, has been dabbling in New Age thought and healing for a while now. I noticed her woo woo vibe in her opening words to the book "Fast Like a Girl" by Mindy Pelz (who is NOT a doctor btw).

She said after her session: "That part of my life better be over." And that longing is real. The desire to be free, to finally put something down and not pick it back up, that is not a wellness trend. That is the cry of a soul made in the image of God who was designed for actual redemption. But here is the thing: a jaw release cannot give you that. It can release muscle tension. It cannot release you from the weight of your own story. Only Yeshua can look at you and say "your sins are forgiven, go in peace" and mean it all the way down. Only He has the authority to declare a chapter closed. He did not just teach healing. He is healing. And the door is open to anyone who comes to Him, not through a practitioner, not through a protocol, but through repentance and trust in the one who bore every bit of what we are trying so hard to release.

A Word to Moms Especially

We are in a moment where somatic healing, nervous system regulation, and trauma release are showing up everywhere: in parenting communities, in homeschool wellness spaces, in Instagram accounts that use Christian language while drawing from New Age wells. It is getting harder to tell the difference, and that is by design.

The discernment question is never just "does this feel good?" or even "does this work?" The question is always: what is the spiritual framework, and who does it point to?

We are raising children to love Messiah, to walk in the fear of Adonai, to test every spirit. That starts with us. It starts with refusing to let our very real pain push us into frameworks that elevate the body's "innate intelligence" above the God who made the body.

You can care for your body faithfully. You can address chronic pain, tension, and stress through means that do not invite spiritual confusion into your home. Prayer. Real community. Biblically grounded counselors. Physical therapists who work from evidence-based medicine without a metaphysical overlay. Those options exist. They are just less viral.

Sources Referenced

Wellbeing Magazine — "Fascial Maneuvers: A Conversation with Garry Lineham" (2025)
humangarage.net/founders — Official Human Garage Founder Bios
Celinne Da Costa Podcast — Episode 53 with Garry Lineham (2025)
BC Worldview — "Trauma, Therapy, and the Occult" (2025)
Servants of Grace — "New Age Healing Dangers: Biblical Discernment for Christians" (2026)
Family Christian Counseling Center — "Somatic Experience"