Briel is a Traditional Western Herbalist, Reiki and Iyengar Yoga instructor offering classes in the State College, PA area. Briel grew up embedded in the PA woods and dabbled in herbalism throughout her life until she began her formal herbal studies. She started her formal herbal studies with Susan Hess in 2014 with a year-long Homestead Herbalism Certificate course. Following that she moved on to study at the The Northeast School of Botanical Medicine with herbalist/botanist 7Song, taking his 400-hour Community Herbalism Intensive. After the course she went on to apprentice with him through 2017.