I heard this quote about asana and I wanted to hear what others thought of it, “The pose starts when you want it to stop.” I’m not sure who said it first but I thought it was provocative.
Interested to hear what you think.
Thanks!
This is a figurative form of speech. The idea conveyed is that you meet something in the doing of the pose at the point where you want to come out of it. It’s helpful to know but it shouldn’t be mistaken for literal speech. Obviously in the literal sense the pose has already begun when you reach the point of wanting to come out.
Normally we set certain duration for doing asana , pranayama etc. When you start doing it correctly a stage comes when normal time given to these practices do not suffice. so say when you finish 1 hour of just asana practice then you actually start getting real experience of it and want to do more. Sometimes even after spending 2-3 hours you feel like doing more but because you have other things you stop there. This is my own experience when I practice.
Dave,
I’ve heard the same thing from my own teacher. I would say that this doesn’t refer to a situation where you are in too much pain and need to come out of an asana, but instead it points to a threshold of surrender which needs to be crossed in order to go deeper into your asana practice. Just my take on it 
Jessica
When you get connected.
The rest is just exercise.
dave, juts to experience what you have said… pick a pose you can hold for about 5 minutes. it should not be easy, but should be doable for you. when hold it for 5 minutes… it might come…