Pose

You can use the built-in pose feature in the pose screen to load a pose when switching to an animation.

This can serve two purposes:

1. Since the pose will be applied whenever you switch to this animation during editing, this can avoid physics issues, and improve your workflow.
2. If Apply pose on transition is enabled, this can allow you to completely switch the pose and controls setup without physics issue. You might want to consider using transitions.

When a pose is loaded, for a few frames the animation will not play; this is to allow physics to settle, and to allow VaM to complete applying morphs.