Anti-vaccines, water, fasting … Djokovic's holistic controversy

The positive of Djokovic by coronavirus is the last controversy generated around the behavior of the Serbian, who had intense activity on social networks during his confinement in Marbella, with videoconferences in which he spoke of his philosophy of life, his customs and ideas. All closely related to holistics, related to holism, a word that comes from the Greek holos, which means everything. Concept created in 1926 by the South African marshal Jan Smuts, who described it as “nature's tendency to use creative evolution to form a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts.”

Djokovic is a supporter of holistic medicine, which uses natural methods such as homeopathy, meditation and yoga, areas in which the Serbian deepened as a result of his relationship with the Riojan extenista. Pepe Imaz and, recently, with the expert in alternative medicine Chrevin Jafarieh. The number one does not believe in vaccination or quarantine and said in a chat with a group of athletes from his country that he did not want to go through it to travel the circuit, which made him dismissed as “irresponsible”.

He also spoke of the power of the mind to transform contaminated water into drinking water with prayer, theory of the Japanese essayist Masaru Emoto. Tennys Sandgren he used it to mock him (“If Djokovic doesn't catch the coronavirus, I bless my water with positive vibes”). Nole, vegan, practices intermittent fasting, like other athletes. “I go 16 hours without eating,” he told Muguruza in a chat. Habits that keep you on top.