FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *   Watkins Jeffrey D 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 06/07/2009 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol NATURES SUNSHINE PRODUCTS INC [NATR] (Last) (First) (Middle) 75 EAST 1700 SOUTH 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director __X__ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) (Street) PROVO, UT 84606 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) Common Stock 1,865,383 I By Prescott Group Capital Management, LLC (1) (2)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Watkins Jeffrey D 75 EAST 1700 SOUTH PROVO, UT 84606	  X	  X	Â	Â

Signatures

/s/ Jamon Jarvis, as attorney-in-fact for Jeffrey D. Watkins		06/17/2009
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	The filing of this Form 3 shall not be construed as an admission that Prescott Group Capital Management, L.L.C. ("Prescott Capital") or Jeffrey D. Watkins, the president of Prescott Capital is or was for the purposes of Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise the beneficial owner of any of the shares of common stock of Nature's Sunshine Products, Inc. (the "Common Stock") purchased by Prescott Group Aggressive Small Cap Master Fund, G.P. (the "Master Fund") for the accounts of Prescott Group Aggressive Small Cap, L.P.or Prescott Group Aggressive Small Cap II, L.P. (together the "Small Cap Funds"). Pursuant to Rule 16a-1, both Prescott Capital and Mr. Watkins disclaim such beneficial ownership.
(2)	Prescott Capital holds indirectly 1,865,383 shares of Common Stock of Nature's Sunshine Products, Inc. through the account of the Master Fund of which the Prescott Capital is the Investment Manager. The Master Fund holds the shares of Common Stock for the accounts of the Small Cap Funds, for which Prescott Capital is the Investment Manager. Prescott Capital receives a portion of the profits in the form of a capital allocation from and owns a partnership interest in the Small Cap Funds. Mr. Watkins reports the shares held indirectly by Prescott Capital because, as the president of Prescott Capital, he may be deemed to beneficially own, and to have shared voting and dispositive power over, such shares.

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