An embodied skillset.
A training.
Above all, a calling.
Values We Stand On
Collective Wellbeing
We learn and practice relationship skills to bring healing which ripples out through our families, communities, and the world.
Expansive Curiosity
We think out of the box, calling on indigenous wisdom to find our place in the interconnected web of things.
Relational Responsability
We choose to actively hold ourselves accountable for the ways we impact and are impacted by the people around us.
Heartful Dedication
We commit to the work of challenging old patterns, practicing new ways of relating to ourselves and each other in tough times.
Spiritual ecology
Indigenous & ecological wisdom
Somatics
Mindbody practices
Psychological First Aid
Pedagogy of the oppressed and liberation theologies
Somatic abolitionism
Grassroots organizing and activism
Disability justice
Roots We Draw From
OUR ECOSYSTEM OF CARE
Claiming Each Other is an offering of Associação Comadres — a community-run, not-for-profit initiative operating in Southwest Portugal.
Associação Comadres’ mission is to cultivate a more resilient network of community care through opportunities and services which integrate health, education and social action. We do this in many ways ranging from trainings, classes, events, and retreats to running our women’s shelter, library, apothecary and herb farm.
Lorie Solis
Claiming Each Other founder & trainer
Like you, I am many things.
I am bold and sensitive. Reverent and no-nonsense. Dedicated and humble. Deep and comical. Knowing and not knowing. Stouthearted and alive.
When you work with me, you are also working with my ancestors, with the elements and with Spirit.
As an Afro-Caribbean-Lipan Apache-Chicana-Americana woman, the soul of my lifework is inseparable from the lineages I was born and initiated into… and the intimate interconnectivity of life. I honor you as I honor all life. As kin.
I’m humbled by my role as witness and guide on this journey of collective embodiment.
My intention is to contribute towards positive and creative responses to the personal, social, environmental and spiritual needs found within our communities.
May you share your gifts well with the world.
I offer my blessings, respect and solidarity to all beings who find themselves in seasons of life which call for grace, empathy, mercy & courage. May the mysteries of your innate resiliency keep and hold you in your being and becoming.
Credentials and Training Lineage
Somatic Experiencing Practitioner - Somatic Experiencing International
Certified TRE (Tension and Trauma Release Exercises) Provider - Betsy Ross & Lizzy Hearne
Master of Art: Ecology and Spirituality - University of Wales Trinity Saint David
Psychological First Aid - Johns Hopkins Center for Public Health Preparedness
Integrated Somatic Trauma Therapy Certificate - The Embody Lab
Working with Perpetrators (of Domestic Abuse) towards Change - Respect
Racialized Trauma - Cultural Somatics Institute
Somatic Abolitionism - Resmaa Menakem
Traditional Healer under guidance from Lipan Apache tribal elder
Ordained Interfaith Chaplain in formation - The Chaplaincy Institute, California, USA (projected ordination in Spring 2026)
Lorie has studied and worked to provide care, healing and relational resiliency in many different contexts. Find a more complete picture of her training and experience here.
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Emily Royce
ASSISTING TRAINER
Emily helps people regain trust in their bodies and peace in their hearts during or after life-changing experiences. She brings infectious energy and nuanced perspective to the Claiming Each Other training.
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Kaylee van Dam
PROJECT DOULA
Kaylee loves bringing transformative projects to life. Her curiosity, love for authentic connection, and gift for making things happen help keep Claiming Each Other growing.
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Valerie Lewis
STORYTELLER
Val is always dreaming up creative, meaningful ways to bring people and ideas together. She’s the human bridge helping Claiming Each Other connect its story to your story.
The Claiming Each Other certificate training is accredited by The Complementary Medical Association (The CMA), an organization dedicated to promoting ethical, responsible, and evidence-based complementary medicine.
Claiming Each Other as…Therapy Prevention?
Let’s stop for a second and think about it.
“Courses are often designed to quick-fix a specific problem or deep-dive into a narrow topic. The Claiming Each Other training is neither. It’s a way of moving through the world that invites us to soften, zoom out to see what we’re not seeing, and be transformed together in that process.”
Emily Royce
Claiming Each Other trainer
Care + Connection + Skill = Change
Give yourself, your people, and the world the gift of more skillful relating. Come grow with us.