Editing Jon Anderson (section)

===Health and spirituality===
Anderson was a smoker in the 1960s and 1970s and once tried [[cocaine]], but "didn't like it."<ref name=loudersep2016/> He now lives a healthier lifestyle, particularly in his later life, with vitamin supplements and meditation.<ref name=loudersep2016/> In the mid-1970s, Anderson became a vegetarian, as did most members of Yes; however, in an interview he stated, "I was a veggie for a while, but again I grew out of that. But I do eat very healthy."<ref name="JGinterview">{{cite web | last = James| first = Gary | title = Interview with Jon Anderson of Yes | website = ClassicBands.com | url = http://www.classicbands.com/JonAndersonInterview.html| access-date =24 January 2008 }}</ref> In a 16 August 2006 interview on ''[[The Howard Stern Show]]'', Anderson said he eats meat, mostly fish, on occasion. In the interview, he also stated he had a spiritual adviser that "helped him see into the [[Four-dimensional space|fourth dimension]]". Before live performances, he often meditates in a tent with [[Crystal gazing|crystal]]s and [[dreamcatcher]]s, a practice he started in the 1980s. Anderson's religious beliefs are [[Syncretism|syncretic]] and varied,<ref>{{cite news | url=http://archives.starbulletin.com/2003/09/26/features/story2.html | title=Positive on Rock | newspaper=[[Honolulu Star-Bulletin]] | date=26 September 2003 | access-date=26 November 2012 | author=Ryan, Tim}}</ref> including respect for the Divine Mother Audrey Kitagawa.<ref name="jonanderson.com"/>

On 13 May 2008, Anderson suffered a severe [[asthma attack]] which required a stay in hospital. According to Yes' website, he was later "at home and resting comfortably."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://yesworld.com/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080524232128/http://yesworld.com/|title=YES World: Official website for the Prog Rock band YES|archive-date=24 May 2008|website=Yesworld}}</ref> Yes' planned summer 2008 tour was subsequently cancelled, with the press release saying, "Jon Anderson was admitted to the hospital last month after suffering a severe asthma attack. He was diagnosed with acute respiratory failure and was told by doctors to rest and not work for a period of at least six months."<ref>[http://www.yesworld.com/ywtour-2008-update.html YES Cancels 40th Anniversary Tour] ''www.yesworld.com'' {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913044330/http://www.yesworld.com/ywtour-2008-update.html |date=13 September 2008 }}</ref> Further health problems continued through 2008, resulting in Yes permanently replacing Anderson with vocalists [[Benoit David|Benoît David]] (2009–2012) and [[Jon Davison]] (2012–present). In September 2008, Anderson wrote that he's "so much better...so grateful and so blessed...I look forward to 2009 for the "Great Work" to come."<ref name="jonanderson.com">{{cite web |url=http://jonanderson.com/news.html |title=News – Jon Anderson Online |website=Jonanderson.com |access-date=16 July 2014 |archive-date=25 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140625024659/http://jonanderson.com/news.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> He started singing again in early 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/leisure/boltonmusic/bandinterviews/4521981.Yes___Jon_s_Back_/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100613190223/http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/leisure/boltonmusic/bandinterviews/4521981.Yes___Jon_s_Back_/ |archive-date=13 June 2010 |title=Yes – Jon's Back! (From The Bolton News) |date=31 July 2009 |access-date=16 July 2014}}</ref> He returned to touring (solo) that year, performing along with [[Peter Machajdík]] and an ensemble of Slovakian musicians on Tribute To Freedom, an event to commemorate the [[fall of the Iron Curtain]] in former Czechoslovakia at [[Devin Castle]] near [[Bratislava]], Slovakia, and continued touring in 2010 and the autumn of 2011, with [[Rick Wakeman]] for a UK tour (2010) and the eastern US (2011).<ref name="jonanderson.com"/>