Go ahead and hack away (carefully and thoughtfully though). Keep in mind what you want the end result to be. It really doesn't matter where you prune, oops, hack. New growth will almost always occur there. And if you want, trim those pieces down to size, perhaps a foot or even more in length, stick those along side your plant, and many of those will root, giving you a multi-trunked plant and creating an even denser planting. Excess cuttings can be rooted on their own, or do what I do and place 3-4 in a 6-8" diameter pot, and root them all together.
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