Kanoa Greene is a native Hawaiian fitness trainer, yoga instructor and surfer, and the founder of NAKOA Adventure, which runs size-inclusive outdoor trips. She splits her time between Orlando, Florida, and Costa Rica.
When I started my fitness journey, I realised I wanted to do it from a place of loving my body how it is and appreciating it. I just wanted to get stronger, I wanted to do adventurous things, and I knew that fitness was the key for me to be able to move better.
She started in 2015.
I moved back to Hawaii, and hiking became my way of reconnecting with myself—more than just a workout, it was a reminder of my strength and resilience.
I never thought I’d enjoy moving my body or exercising because for so long it was a chore, something I had to do for all the wrong reasons. It’s so liberating to do things for you, it brings a deeper sense of joy.
Will I still be here in a year, even if I haven’t reached all my goals? Yeah, I will. I’ve learned that success is possible, even when it’s not easy.
On getting started, and starting again:
Just go for it. I get a lot of questions, almost daily, ‘how do I get started?’, ‘how do I restart?’. My advice is to make the connection that you are going to start and you are going to finish. If you can tell yourself that, start there. It doesn’t matter if you don’t know how to do it. It doesn’t matter how long it’s going to take, just tell yourself: ‘I am going to commit to finishing it’. That speaks volumes.
When I started my fitness journey, I realised I wanted to do it from a place of loving my body how it is and appreciating it. I just wanted to get stronger, I wanted to do adventurous things, and I knew that fitness was the key for me to be able to move better.
Your first step can be today.
Move today