The restaurants will offer a nightly "sleep menu", featuring ingredients said to promote rest: the spas will offer relaxation treatments, and the rooms are designed to be extra-comfortable.
Depending upon the problem to be solved, patients may be offered relaxation techniques, role playing, or contacts with local professionals.
Weekend getaways offer relaxation and an escape from one's daily life.
(Baltimore-Washington International offers Destination Relaxation. Kennedy, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia feature XpresSpa. Newark has a d-Parture Spa in Terminals B and C.).
Tew, meanwhile, has moved to San Francisco where he is head of calm.com, which offers online relaxation sessions.
A spa offers further relaxation for guests, as does the light-filled Dok Dala lounge – the perfect spot for a tea, or an early evening cocktail.
After spending his days jostling at press conferences and shooting august politicians for Sipa Press, a news agency with headquarters in Paris, "The Post Office Project" offers "a relaxation for me to get away from that and get a quiet space".
For the millions of us putting pen, pencil and paint to paper, they satisfy achievable artistic ambitions and offer escapist relaxation that many liken to meditation.
After all, it's harder to complain that you're under too much stress at work if your employer points out that they've offered you relaxation classes: the blame then falls on the individual.
"Confidence is fragile but one or two players haven't got to the level they're capable of," said an intensely competitive character who is, for once, discovering that even his beloved table tennis is no longer guaranteed to offer instant relaxation.
