I'm growing in a box 27 x 48 x 48. I tied a small rope to the main stem and pulled it down so it was below the other limbs and the others all tried to be the top. Eventually the top made it back around to become one of the tops so there's about 8 tops in stead of one. Important for me because I have a flouro grow and proximity is so important and now there's 8 buds up next to the lights instead of one.

I think that is bending but I'm not sure, in some methods you actually halfway break the branch, or just reshape it little by little.

My first grow also.