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From The Desk Of The Mynabirds: Taking Care Of Ourselves

A year ago, Laura Burhenn was part of the Bright Eyes touring band. Flash forward and the 32-year-old Burhenn has gained enough confidence to unleash her own torrent of green-minded, anti-corporate, pro-Occupy Wall Street views. An entire album’s worth, in fact, on Generals (Saddle Creek), her sonically adventurous sophomore outing as one-woman band the Mynabirds. In her previous incarnations as a solo artist and part of Washington, D.C., folk/rock duo Georgie James—and even on her soulful 2010 Mynabirds debut, What We Lose In The Fire We Gain In The Flood. Burhenn will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our latest feature on her.

Burhenn: We’ve been on a juicing kick. Our last tour rehearsals were filled with my own special concoction: orange, apple, carrot, kale, beet and lots of ginger. Some of us (Rebecca) are better about doing our yoga on and off the road. Rebecca is eternally grateful to her ladies at Keystone Yoga in her hometown of Harrisburg, Pa., for restoring her soul when she’s not on tour. She also swears by Lush’s Charity Pot, the best lotion ever. And every cent from sales, even tax, goes to a variety of grass-roots charities around the world.

Video after the jump.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRAr1Te8crg