Ned’s bi-weekly bulletin covering our pursuit of the world’s best natural remedies & restorative traditions and the extraordinary people we meet along the way.

This week we're exploring the topic of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) and the Nordic tradition of Hygge. With a holistic focus on self-love, Hygge offers a behavioral and philosophical approach to keeping oneself happy. We love this topic, and hope that you enjoy learning more from the article and adding elements of Hygge into your daily practice.

With snow and cold temperatures spreading all over the country, we're loving being inside cozied up by fires just as much as we love being out in the elements. Meanwhile, in this issue, we're taking a deeper look at acupuncture with Max. It's widely held that the first documented use of acupuncture as an organized system of treatment and diagnosis dates all the way back to 100 BC. You can do the math, acupuncture is truly an ancient healing remedy.

In this issue of The Harvest, number 14 (!!!), Max explores the controversial practice of cupping therapy. Cupping therapy dates back thousands of years and has been found in the Ebers Papyrus, which is the single oldest - and most important - medical papyri to come out of Egypt during that time period.

With the holidays in full swing and 2019 right around the corner, the team here at Ned will be taking some time to reflect on 2018 while thinking about our *intentions* for the New Year. This past 12 months gave us the opportunity to introduce our brand and our values to the world. In fact, every bottle or product we've shipped has been a representation of those values.

As winter approaches, we're grateful for what we've been able to give back this holiday season. During Black Friday and Cyber Monday, we donated portions of our holiday sales to help fight California wildfires and to Protect Our Winters. Thank you for helping us support causes that are close our hearts this holiday season.

In this Issue, uur chummy contributor and "ordinary guy," Max, kicks off our Explore to Restore series with a chilly trip to a cryotherapy chamber, which seems to be all the rage these days.

In this issue, we introduce an new content series where we'll be getting hands on in exploring restorative traditions from around the world, both old and new. Our 'average and unassuming guy,' Max, sets the stage of what to expect as our contributors meet practitioners and patients alike as we suss out practices from Reiki, to Chinese fire cupping, to the Finnish sauna - discovering the good, the bad and the just plain... well, we shall see.

In this issue, we dive into a Japanese wellness practice called Shinrin-Yoku that we've mentioned once or twice in the past. Our amazing contributor Edy shares her experience of "Forest Bathing" in the Redwoods after making her first move to a big city a few weeks back. 

In this issue, we celebrate the arrival of Fall and offer suggestions to get your mind and body ready for the new season.

In this issue, we explore the emergence of cannabinoids in professional sports as well as their adoption by amateur endurance athletes. We also dive into some of the lingering hot button issues that might be holding back hemp's full mainstream adoption in the sports world. 

We focus on slowing down. We check in with one of our amazing Ned customers, Dana, about her journey through a hectic career, a difficult divorce, constant travel, and how adventure helped her find balance through it all. We also check back in with Max, who shares his honest guys' tips for mindfulness in every day tasks.

We take a closer look at Indian traditions from two very opposite sides of the spectrum. We hear from Max, a jet-setting writer with the tattoos and beard to boot, about his first foray into yoga and mindfulness. And we hear from Edy, an experienced yogi, about her deep dive into the ancient Indian practice of Ayurveda to address a mystery illness. 

We focus on mental health. We speak with Modes Mouse's, Jeremiah Green, on staying afloat thanks to cannabinoids and Adriaan shares his own story on his battle with burnout and anxiety. 

We look at one issue that seems to be one of the few uniting Americans as well as our representatives on either side of the aisle… hemp. Plus, we hear from our youngest contributor (15 years old) as she shares her travelogue from the therapeutic wonders of Coastal California.

A Happy Midsummer from Ned and Ret shares his story of how a family hardship led to a discovery that became foundational to our business.

In our debut issue, we share our story of how we founded Ned and a professional cynic gives Ned Hemp Oil a try.